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Dixie, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Brooksville census division. The Survey maps it on the Spring Lake quadrangle.

Dixie within Hernando County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dixie, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Dixie, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Dixie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 462 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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 burning24
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1
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
27 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFlorida Forest Service27/ST CLAIR ISLAND FIRE/0915
24 July 2005Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service51/RAVINE FIRE/0544
14 July 1995Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 June 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNEFF LAKE(27)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hernando County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dixie: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, 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
Claire H. Clements - Master Tract MineSandUnknown
Dot Dade City - Clay MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Hernando 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
Spring Lake4.0 miles15
Hill 'n Dale5.8 miles14
Rital7.5 miles14
Talisman7.6 miles12
Garden Grove7.7 miles13
Ayers7.7 miles13
Powell7.8 miles13
Tooke Lake Junction8.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 281601. 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.