Fawn Ford, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the West Liberty census division. It stands on Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woods quadrangle.
Then and now
1945 to 1990The 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.


Compare 1945 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1945 USGS Woods quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Woods quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Woods quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Fawn Ford between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,199 acres in total. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Other causes | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SAWMILL RD (39) |
| 23 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | not named |
| 22 August 2014 | Natural | 37 acres | National Forests in Florida | CLIO |
| 21 August 1993 | Natural | 18 acres | National Forests in Florida | not named |
| 12 August 1998 | Natural | 10 acres | National Forests in Florida | LIBERTY |
| 8 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | SANDY CREEK |
| 8 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | not named |
| 20 July 2002 | Natural | 2.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | BROWN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Fawn Ford: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Shuler - Candis | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Milton Shuler - Rick | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Ralph Whitfield - Whitfield Fill Dirt Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conners Ford | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Woods | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Clio | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Jensen Place | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Telogia | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Vilas | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Estiffanulga | 6.3 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122544079 | The 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 305661. 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.







