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Douglas City, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Quincy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32351. It stands on English Branch. The Survey maps it on the Gretna quadrangle.

Douglas City within Gadsden County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Douglas City, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Douglas City, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Douglas City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 682 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 burning46
Railroad operations and maintenance43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCHAD (20)-0527
4 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(20) KUDZU FIRE
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gadsden County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Douglas City: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Quincy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Floridin Company PitFullers Earth, ClayPast Producer
Gasden County MinesClayProducer
Oil-Dri - Fletcher-Mcginnis MineFullers EarthUnknownClay

Every working recorded in Gadsden County

Storms near this place

10 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Douglas City in 10 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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
July 2024LightningDouglas City1 killedAt 3:30 pm EDT on July 21, 2024, an employee working as a roofer for a roofing contractor was installing a single ply roof over an existing metal roof when a storm approached. As the crew was covering up their tools, the employee was struck by lightning. The employee died from multiple injuries due to the lightning strike.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindDouglas City$3,000Power lines were blown down along Highway 90 west of Quincy. Monetary damage was estimated.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindDouglas City$1,000A tree was blown down onto a power line in the Flat Creek area.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindDouglas City$1,000A large tree was blown down across Ben Bostick Road blocking traffic.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindDouglas City$1,000A large tree fell and completely blocked I-10 westbound between mile markers 177 and 178. Monetary damage was estimated.
February 2026Thunderstorm WindDouglas City-A tree was blown down into the eastbound lanes of I-10 at mile marker 179, causing a traffic backup.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindDouglas City-There were three trees blown down on the 1300 block of Solomon Dairy Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDouglas City-A tree was blown down on Kingswood Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDouglas City-A tree was blown down on Luten Road outside of Quincy.
December 2014Flash FloodDouglas City-Ben Bostok Road was impassible due to flooding.

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
Gretna1.9 miles14
Quincy3.1 miles13
Sawdust3.7 miles14
Santa Clara4.3 miles13
Attapulgas (historical)4.3 miles13
Mount Pleasant5.1 miles13
Hardaway5.6 miles13
Greensboro5.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294366. 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.