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Dixon, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the DeFuniak Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32433. The Survey maps it on the De Funiak Springs West quadrangle.

Dixon within Walton County

Then and now

1935 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dixon, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Dixon, surveyed 1935

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

297 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Dixon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 593 acres in total. 15 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
Railroad operations and maintenance88
Debris and open burning60
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use29
Smoking18
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/HWY 183, NORTH-0962
23 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burning7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSMITH RD (66)
21 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2019Other causes12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMILLARD GAINEY (66)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Dixon: 3 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Kaolin, Sand. 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
Dot Defuniak Springs - Argyle MineSandUnknown
Thompson David R ProspectKaolinOccurrence
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Walton 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
De Funiak Springs1.6 miles15
Walcan2.7 miles15
Koerber3.3 miles15
Cosson Mill3.7 miles17
Pleasant Ridge3.9 miles17
Alpine Heights4.1 miles17
Piney Grove4.4 miles12
Sconiers Mill4.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301680. 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.