Cuscowilla, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Reddick-McIntosh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32667. The Survey maps it on the Flemington quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Cuscowilla within Marion County

Then and now

1895 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cuscowilla (historical), surveyed 1978

Topographic sheet of Cuscowilla (historical), surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

1895 USGS Williston quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
1969 USGS Flemington quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1978 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Cuscowilla (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,251 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 2 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
Debris and open burning	20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Natural	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Other causes	1

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

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
27 September 1993	Natural	1.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
13 August 2011	Natural	150 acres	Florida Forest Service	MICANOPY (1)
9 July 1998	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
6 July 1998	Natural	10 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
29 July 2010	Natural	10 acres	Florida Forest Service	ALACHUA/AUSTIN CARY FIRE #1
29 July 2000	Natural	1.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
7 June 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	MARION/210TH STREET FIRE
15 June 2000	Natural	20 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
South Side	1.7 miles	15
McIntosh	2.7 miles	17
Boardman	2.8 miles	17
Paynes Town (historical)	3.9 miles	17
Orange Lake	4.0 miles	17
Irvine	4.3 miles	15
Flemington	4.4 miles	15
Fort Drane	5.6 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294543. 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.