Darsey, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Havana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32333. The Survey maps it on the Havana North quadrangle. It stands 279 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Havana North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Havana North quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
178 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Darsey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 938 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 16 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 | 93 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CONCORD RD (20) |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DANNIBELL RD (20) NOV |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GLADE RD (20)-0590 |
| 14 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-GRADY-002 |
| 31 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LANGSTON LANE (20) 2011-04-0453 |
| 9 July 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DEER RUN RD (20) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Darsey: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Hinson Fla. | Clay | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mayfield Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Havana Clay Mine | Fullers Earth | Past Producer | ||
| Havana Mill | Fullers Earth | Plant | ||
| Meigs-Attapulgus-Quincy | Fullers Earth | Producer | 1895 | |
| Milwhite, Inc. - Gadsden County/Us27 | Fullers Earth | Unknown | Clay |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Darsey in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Darsey | $1,500 | Two trees were blown down on McNair Road. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Darsey | - | County Road 157 and Bell Drive were closed due to trees down. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concord | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hinson | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Jamieson | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Havana | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hiamonee (historical) | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rich Bay | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Branchville | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Freemont | 6.4 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122595059 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 281298. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






