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Forest Grove, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the High Springs-Alachua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32615. The Survey maps it on the Newberry quadrangle.

Forest Grove within Alachua 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 Forest Grove, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Forest Grove, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Forest Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 975 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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 burning46
Railroad operations and maintenance45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use14
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural6
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/WOODPECKER
21 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/2008-08-0629
19 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance5.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2010-08-0481/ALACHUA
17 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHAND SAW/ALACHUA
16 July 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 July 1994Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alachua County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,931 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,931 specimens collected within 10 miles of Forest Grove between 1842 and 1975: 911 Animalia, 741 Fungi, 153 Plantae, 67 Protozoa, 34 Unrecorded, 25 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A Chable & W McLane, A W Chapman and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.1896Edmon WestGainesville
A photograph of the species Ctenium aromaticum, not of this specimenCtenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood1842F Engel
A photograph of the species Myotis austroriparius, not of this specimenMyotis austroriparius (Rhoads, 1897)1860unknownGainesville, 10 mi. W
A photograph of the species Podomys floridanus, not of this specimenPodomys floridanus (Chapman, 1889)1860James LayneGainesville, 8 mi NW
A photograph of the species Paspalum praecox, not of this specimenPaspalum praecox Walter1889unknown
A photograph of the species Rottboellia campestris, not of this specimenRottboellia campestris Nutt.1889A W Chapman
Aves1897not recordedAlachua Co
A photograph of the species Chordodes puerilis, not of this specimenChordodes puerilis Montgomery, 18981906E. AndersonHigh Springs
A photograph of the species Elsinoe fawcettii, not of this specimenElsinoe fawcettii Bitanc. & Jenkins1907RolfsAlachua
A photograph of the species Pilophorus nasicus, not of this specimenPilophorus nasicus Knight, 19261911W. DavisNewberry
A photograph of the species Stereum complicatum, not of this specimenStereum complicatum (Fr.) Fr.1914ConwayGainesville, San Falasco Hammock,10 miles NW of Gainesville; On hardwood
A photograph of the species Coleosporium elephantopodis, not of this specimenColeosporium elephantopodis Thüm., 18781915G. G. HedgcockGainesville

All 1,931 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Forest Grove: 9 producers, 2 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Dickerson Fla.SandPast Producer
Buda Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Haile PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Haile QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Warren Brothers Haile QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limerock Industries - Newberry MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Prod.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Prod.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Prod. (Haile)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Products - NewberryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Alachua 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
Wade2.0 miles11
Cadillac2.3 miles11
Arno2.5 miles12
Buda2.6 miles10
Clark3.2 miles10
Haile3.6 miles11
Los Trancos Woods5.6 miles23
High Springs5.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295286. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.