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Curtis, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32619. The Survey maps it on the Wannee quadrangle.

Curtis within Gilchrist County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Curtis, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Curtis, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

189 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Curtis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,215 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 7 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Railroad operations and maintenance63
Debris and open burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGILCHRIST -- WIREGRASS FIRE
22 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBALER 2 FIRE/ GILCHRIST
30 August 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2009-08-0604GILCHRIST
28 August 2007Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceAIRPLANE 1
27 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilchrist County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Curtis: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Robert's Roy Field QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gilchrist County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Bell2.3 miles10
Wannee2.6 miles11
Mutual3.5 miles9
Harvard4.1 miles10
Little Lake City6.1 miles10
Blitchville6.4 miles11
Williford6.6 miles10
Lottieville8.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300174. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.