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Freemont, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Havana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32333. It stands on Salem Branch. The Survey maps it on the Havana South quadrangle.

Freemont within Gadsden County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Freemont, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Freemont, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Freemont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 984 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning49
Railroad operations and maintenance45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Other causes1

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
30 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGLADE RD (20)-0590
21 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSCOTT DRIVE (20)
14 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLANGSTON LANE (20) 2011-04-0453
30 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gadsden County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Freemont: 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fullers Earth, 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
Gadsden Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - Post Plant Road Pit MineSandUnknown
Havana Clay MineFullers EarthPast Producer
Havana MillFullers EarthPlant
Gadsden Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - St. Hebron MineClayUnknown
Hinson Fla.ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Jamieson Fla.ClayPast ProducerMontmorillonite, Attapulgite

Every working recorded in Gadsden County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Freemont in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2015: 3 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2015Thunderstorm WindFreemont$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down just west of Havana with the most damage centered around Riverview Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFreemont$2,000Several tree were blown down on Highway 12 between Quincy and Havana.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindFreemont$1,000A tree was blown down on Deer Creek Road.

Every storm recorded in Gadsden 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
Havana2.1 miles12
Florence2.2 miles12
Shady Rest2.6 miles12
Scotland2.9 miles12
Hinson3.0 miles12
Branchville3.2 miles12
Rich Bay3.3 miles12
Topkegaiga (historical)3.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307107. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.