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Ealum, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Paxton-Darlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32433. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Liberty quadrangle.

Ealum within Walton County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ealum, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Ealum, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

151 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Ealum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,209 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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 burning40
Railroad operations and maintenance35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use22
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural6
Smoking4

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
9 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1995Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service66 / HARRISON DRIVE
12 September 2019Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServicePETTY LIGHTNING STRIKE (66)
12 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton 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 Ealum: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 - Collinsworth MineSandUnknown
Unnamed Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Cluster Springs2.0 miles12
Liberty2.1 miles12
New Harmony2.1 miles13
Sand Hill2.8 miles12
Gordon3.9 miles14
Caney Creek4.5 miles13
Piney Grove6.5 miles12
Alpine Heights6.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301687. 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.