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Eugene, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Cross City North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32628. The Survey maps it on the Eugene quadrangle.

Eugene within Dixie County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Eugene, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Eugene, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

232 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Eugene between 1992 and 2020, burning about 507 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 30 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 burning56
Natural38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism30
Equipment and vehicle use28
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15 - LABOR DAY FIRE - 0209
4 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBODY SHOP (15)
27 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSOUTHERN COMFORT (15)
18 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service117 TH AVE (15)
18 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15 - THE HAY BALE FIRE - 0215
15 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15-05-0181 NOAH LORD SET 2
15 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15-05-0180 NOAH LORD SET 1
13 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHERRING RD. (15)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dixie County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Eugene: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dixie County

Storms near this place

7 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eugene in 7 storm reports between 2018 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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
March 2024Thunderstorm WindEugene$5,000Roofing material was blown off a warehouse building along Highway 19 east of Cross City.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindEugene$2,000Power lines were blown down along Highway 19 between Old Town and Cross City.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindEugene$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindEugene-Numerous trees were blown down along SE 471 St.
June 2023Flash FloodEugene-Water was flowing over a portion of Local Road Hudson 19 about 3 miles south of Cross City.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindEugene-A tree was blown down on SW Highway 55A near 490th Street.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindEugene-Trees were blown down on Highway 19.

Every storm recorded in Dixie 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
Cross City2.5 miles10
Shamrock3.7 miles10
Old Town5.7 miles10
Suwanee Old Town (historical)6.4 miles10
Dixietown8.6 miles11
Fletcher10.5 miles11
Horseshoe10.8 miles11
Yellow Jacket11.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294758. 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.

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.