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Earleton, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Waldo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32631. The Survey maps it on the Melrose quadrangle.

Earleton within Alachua County

Then and now

1938 to 1981

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 Earleton, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Earleton, surveyed 1938

Compare 1938 against another survey:

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

230 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Earleton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,581 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 22 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 maintenance50
Natural45
Debris and open burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use28
Arson/incendiarism22
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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 2006Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/CESTER-FINDER FIRE
27 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/DOCK FIRE
17 September 2009Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/1471 BLUEBERRY FIRE
17 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/BALL FIELD FIRE
7 August 1993Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2020Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSINKHOLE (01)
5 August 2020Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Service1708 (01)
4 August 1994Natural4.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alachua County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,109 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,109 specimens collected within 10 miles of Earleton between 1850 and 1975: 500 Fungi, 499 Animalia, 54 Plantae, 39 Protozoa, 10 Chromista, 7 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. A. Arata, A. Laessle, A. S. Rhoads and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Periconia pycnospora Fresen.Periconia pycnospora Fresen.1899von Noszky, H.Earleton, Fla. [Florida]
Specimen of Sorosporium everhartii Ellis & GallowaySorosporium everhartii Ellis & Galloway1900Hume, H. HaroldOrange Heights
Specimen of Sphacelotheca nealii (Ellis & F.W.Anderson) G.P.ClintonSphacelotheca nealii (Ellis & F.W.Anderson) G.P.Clinton1900H. Harold HumeOrange Heights
A photograph of the species Burmannia biflora, not of this specimenBurmannia biflora L.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Ctenium aromaticum, not of this specimenCtenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Cyperus croceus, not of this specimenCyperus croceus Vahl1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Cyperus lecontei, not of this specimenCyperus lecontei Torr. ex Steud.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Cyperus retrorsus, not of this specimenCyperus retrorsus Chapm.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Fimbristylis vahlii, not of this specimenFimbristylis vahlii (Lam.) Link1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Hypericum myrtifolium, not of this specimenHypericum myrtifolium Lam.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Saccharum alopecuroides, not of this specimenSaccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Sida acuta, not of this specimenSida acuta Burm.fil.1850H Gillman

All 1,109 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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 Earleton: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Campville Brick Co DepositClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Alachua County

Storms near this place

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Earleton in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 2019Heavy RainEarleton-An observer near Santa Fe lake measured daily storm total rainfall of 2.68 inches.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindEarleton-Clay Electric reported power lines and trees were blown down just west of Melrose.

Every storm recorded in Alachua 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
Santa Fe Beach0.6 miles16
Shenks2.4 miles15
Orange Heights2.5 miles13
Lake Alto Estates3.0 miles15
Waldo4.6 miles15
Campville5.4 miles12
Beckhamtown6.2 miles12
Rex7.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294372. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.