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Fowlers Bluff, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Chiefland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32626. It stands on Cedar Branch. The Survey maps it on the Vista quadrangle.

Fowlers Bluff within Levy County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fowlers Bluff, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Fowlers Bluff, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

89 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Fowlers Bluff between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,467 acres in total. 49 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
Natural49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking1

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
15 August 2006Naturalunder an acreLower Suwannee National Wildlife RefugeDE NORTH
9 July 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreLower Suwannee National Wildlife RefugeLAZY
7 July 2011Natural14 acresLower Suwannee National Wildlife RefugePUSH TRAM ROAD
7 July 2004Natural28 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBEE BOX FIRE-0271
6 July 1998Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2017Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceKEEN CEMETERY (15)
4 July 1998Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLower Suwannee National Wildlife RefugeSUWANNEE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Levy 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 Fowlers Bluff: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Levy 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
Vista1.9 miles12
Beech Creek (historical)4.6 miles12
Manatee Road9.9 miles10
Chiefland10.3 miles11
Hardeetown10.7 miles11
Usher11.0 miles11
Rosewood11.9 miles11
Andrews12.1 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295302. 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.