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Four Points, Florida

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Tallahassee South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32305. The Survey maps it on the Tallahassee quadrangle.

Four Points within Leon County

Then and now

1940 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Four Points, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Four Points, surveyed 1940

Compare 1940 against another survey:

On record in Four Points

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Four Points between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,639 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 26 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
Arson/incendiarism26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Natural12
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Debris and open burning9
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
6 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePALMERS PARK PL (37)
27 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOBBLESTONE LN *NOV* (37)-0581
7 August 2014Smoking3.5 acresNational Forests in FloridaPOWERLINE
25 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaMAYS GRAY
12 August 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leon County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Four Points: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Leon 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
Henrietta0.7 miles19
Belair1.5 miles19
Lakeside2.0 miles19
Tallahassee2.6 miles19
Lafayette3.9 miles15
Perkins4.8 miles15
Lutterloh5.2 miles17
Corey5.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305698. 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.