Fairview, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the North Columbia census division. The Survey maps it on the Fairview quadrangle.

Fairview within Columbia County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fairview, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Fairview, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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
1969 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1994 USGS Fairview quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

51 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Fairview between 1992 and 2016, burning about 49,729 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural	35
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Debris and open burning	2
Arson/incendiarism	1

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
6 September 1993	Natural	120 acres	National Forests in Florida	HORSESHOE
23 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
23 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
23 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
13 September 2007	Natural	12 acres	National Forests in Florida	MULE LOT
12 September 2016	Natural	103 acres	Florida Forest Service	GREEN SHANTY ROAD (12)
1 September 2007	Natural	5.7 acres	Florida Forest Service	06-12-BABY BUG FIRE-1130
8 August 1993	Natural	41 acres	National Forests in Florida	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia 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 Fairview: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
	North Columbia County #2	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite	Prospect	1966

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Deep Creek	7.7 miles	11
Benton	7.9 miles	10
Needmore	8.4 miles	10
Greenfield	9.8 miles	11
Suwannee Valley	14.5 miles	9
Winfield	15.7 miles	9
Springville	17.0 miles	9
Mount Carrie	17.7 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305650. 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.