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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.

Fawn Ford 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 Fawn Ford, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Fawn Ford, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

52 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural25
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 August 1993Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in Floridanot named
22 August 2014Natural37 acresNational Forests in FloridaCLIO
21 August 1993Natural18 acresNational Forests in Floridanot named
12 August 1998Natural10 acresNational Forests in FloridaLIBERTY
8 July 2000Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaSANDY CREEK
8 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in Floridanot named
20 July 2002Natural2.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaBROWN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Milton Shuler - CandisSandUnknown
Milton Shuler - RickSandUnknown
Ralph Whitfield - Whitfield Fill Dirt MineClayUnknown
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
Conners Ford3.0 miles13
Liberty4.2 miles13
Woods4.5 miles14
Clio4.8 miles13
Jensen Place5.2 miles13
Telogia5.9 miles13
Vilas6.1 miles13
Estiffanulga6.3 miles15

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 Q122544079The 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.