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Dukes, Florida

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Worthington Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32054. The Survey maps it on the Worthington Springs quadrangle.

Dukes within Union County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dukes, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Dukes, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

159 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Dukes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,476 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 12 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 burning51
Railroad operations and maintenance28
Equipment and vehicle use21
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism12
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 1996Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1999Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSW 85TH TRAIL (63)
30 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union 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 Dukes: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium. 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
Brooker-DukesPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumProspect1960

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
Dana1.6 miles8
Brown2.2 miles8
Worthington Springs2.7 miles8
Danville3.1 miles9
Miller3.1 miles8
Browns Still4.6 miles8
Lake Butler5.3 miles9
Cliftonville5.5 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295248. 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.