Deep Creek, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the North Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32055. The Survey maps it on the Deep Creek quadrangle.

Deep Creek within Columbia County

Then and now

1954 to 2005

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Deep Creek, surveyed 2005

Topographic sheet of Deep Creek, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Deep Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1994 USGS Deep Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
2005 USGS Deep Creek quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

142 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Deep Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,718 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 11 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
Natural	42
Debris and open burning	30
Railroad operations and maintenance	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Arson/incendiarism	11
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Power generation/transmission/distribution	6
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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 2020	Natural	7.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	LITTLE CREEK (1) (12)
6 September 1995	Misuse of fire by a minor	4.0 acres	National Forests in Florida	ROBERTS
5 September 2006	Natural	33 acres	National Forests in Florida	CANEY FLAT
29 September 1997	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
23 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
23 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
23 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
18 September 1997	Natural	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia 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 Deep Creek: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
	Deep Creek	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite	Prospect	1960

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Greenfield	5.2 miles	11
Suwannee Valley	6.8 miles	9
Fairview	7.7 miles	9
Benton	8.1 miles	10
Winfield	8.3 miles	9
Springville	9.3 miles	9
Lacymark	11.2 miles	8
Needmore	11.3 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305558. 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.