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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.

Darsey within Gadsden County

Then and now

1954 to 1988

The 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 sheet of Darsey, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Darsey, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

178 since 1992

Regional 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 burning93
Railroad operations and maintenance23
Arson/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCONCORD RD (20)
30 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDANNIBELL RD (20) NOV
27 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGLADE RD (20)-0590
14 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-GRADY-002
31 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLANGSTON LANE (20) 2011-04-0453
9 July 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDEER RUN RD (20)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gadsden County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Amsterdam MineClayProducer
Hinson Fla.ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Mayfield MineClayProducer
Havana Clay MineFullers EarthPast Producer
Havana MillFullers EarthPlant
Meigs-Attapulgus-QuincyFullers EarthProducer1895
Milwhite, Inc. - Gadsden County/Us27Fullers EarthUnknownClay

Every working recorded in Gadsden County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2012Thunderstorm WindDarsey$1,500Two trees were blown down on McNair Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindDarsey-County Road 157 and Bell Drive were closed due to trees down.

Every storm recorded in Gadsden 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
Concord2.2 miles11
Hinson3.4 miles12
Jamieson4.1 miles12
Havana4.8 miles12
Hiamonee (historical)5.7 miles11
Rich Bay5.8 miles12
Branchville5.9 miles12
Freemont6.4 miles12

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 Q122595059The 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.