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Estiffanulga, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the West Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32321. It stands on Outside Lake. The Survey maps it on the Estiffanulga quadrangle. It stands 59 feet above sea level.

Estiffanulga within Liberty County

Then and now

1945 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Estiffanulga, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Estiffanulga, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Estiffanulga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,522 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 6 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 burning22
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Other causes3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
23 September 2019Other causesunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSAWMILL RD (39)
23 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(39) HWY 333A FIRE
11 September 1999Smokingunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaDITCH
15 August 1998Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaBOUNDARY LINE
9 July 2011Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaHIGH STUMP
9 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaEARLY
8 July 2000Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaSANDY CREEK
5 July 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaESTIFFANUGLA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Estiffanulga: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 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
Ralph Whitfield - Whitfield Fill Dirt MineClayUnknown
Unnamed Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Liberty 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
Mosquito Landing2.6 miles15
Woods3.9 miles14
Gunn Landing4.2 miles15
Orange5.6 miles15
Fawn Ford6.3 miles14
Lewis6.7 miles15
Jensen Place7.8 miles13
Conners Ford9.0 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on EstiffanulgaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5401352The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305641. 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.