Douglass Crossroads, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Redbay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32435. The Survey maps it on the Ponce de Leon quadrangle.
Then and now
1948 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 46 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1948 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1948 USGS Ponce De Leon quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Ponce De Leon quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Ponce De Leon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Ponce De Leon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
224 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Douglass Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,145 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 65 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HWY 90 PDL (30) |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HWY 81 (66) |
| 18 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Douglass Crossroads: 2 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Ditch Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Morrison Springs Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Springs Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knox Hill | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Argyle | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Eucheeanna | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Koerber | 5.7 miles | 15 | |
| Walcan | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Redbay | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| De Funiak Springs | 7.7 miles | 15 | |
| Union | 8.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294749. 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.








