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Dana, Florida

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Worthington Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32054. The Survey maps it on the Worthington Springs quadrangle.

Dana within Union 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 Dana, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Dana, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Dana between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,526 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 10 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 burning52
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
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
20 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service161 ST (04)
17 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1999Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSW 85TH TRAIL (63)
30 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2011Debris and open burning350 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFERN POND (63)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Dana: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium. 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
Brooker-DukesPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumProspect1960

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
Dukes1.6 miles8
Worthington Springs2.3 miles8
Danville3.7 miles9
Brown3.8 miles8
Miller4.4 miles8
Lake Butler5.7 miles9
Browns Still6.0 miles8
Cliftonville6.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300825. 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.