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Forest Highlands, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the DeFuniak Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32435. It stands on Deserter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spencer Flats quadrangle.

Forest Highlands within Walton County

Then and now

1934 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 44 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 Highlands, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Forest Highlands, surveyed 1934

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Forest Highlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 400 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning24
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
13 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1997Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceEAST SIDE I-10 (46)
18 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePARKER FIRE - 1011
26 July 1997Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 July 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 July 2000Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 July 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Forest Highlands: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mossy Head MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Campbell Sand and Gravel - Mossy Head MineSandProducer
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Mossy HeadSandProducer
Mossy Head (Adams Sand Co.)SandProducer
Rodney G. Greenway, Inc. - Mossy HeadSandProducer

Every working recorded in Walton 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
Mossy Head4.4 miles17
Pond Creek5.9 miles13
Alpine Heights9.6 miles17
Cosson Mill10.8 miles17
New Home11.0 miles16
Pleasant Ridge11.2 miles17
New Harmony11.5 miles13
Sconiers Mill11.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294774. 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.