Etotulga, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Madison census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32350. The Survey maps it on the Pinetta quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Etotulga within Madison 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 Etotulga (historical), surveyed 1981

Topographic sheet of Etotulga (historical), surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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.

1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Pinetta quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Etotulga (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 905 acres in total. 9 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 burning	74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Railroad operations and maintenance	15
Arson/incendiarism	12
Power generation/transmission/distribution	10
Natural	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Smoking	6
Other causes	2
Recreation and ceremony	2

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
25 September 2011	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	FERN (40)
18 September 2001	Debris and open burning	5.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-LOWNDES-006
17 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
13 September 1999	Railroad operations and maintenance	5.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
13 September 1999	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 2002	Natural	5.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-LOWNDES-004
22 August 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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 Etotulga (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	White Construction Company, Inc. - William R Washington Mine	Sand	Unknown	Sand

Every working recorded in Madison 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Leland	0.9 miles	9
Pinetta	2.2 miles	9
Hanson	5.2 miles	9
Cherry Lake	5.7 miles	8
Hamburg	11.0 miles	8
Madison	11.4 miles	8
Lovett	12.7 miles	7
Maysland	12.8 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294484. 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.