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Gaskin, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Paxton-Darlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32464. The Survey maps it on the Gaskin quadrangle.

Gaskin within Walton County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gaskin, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Gaskin, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Gaskin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 926 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning19
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural6
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20130905-001
28 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNATURAL BRIDGE ROAD (66)
20 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/8MILE CEMETERY RD-0959
29 August 2003Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2003-02-1045
30 July 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceICEE PINE RD (66)
6 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gaskin: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

15 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gaskin in 15 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 1 hail. 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 1999Thunderstorm WindGaskin$50,000Walton County EMA reported damage to a partially contructed home and a roof blown off a barn.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindGaskin$4,000The public reported trees and power lines down in northern Walton county. At least 4 trees were blown down. The report was obtained via facebook. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGaskin$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down near Gaskin.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindGaskin$1,500At least two trees were blown down on Highway 83 near the AL/FL state line. Monetary damage was estimated.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindGaskin-A tree was blown down near 16825 Highway 83.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGaskin-A tree was blown down along Highway 82 a little north of Highway 2.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindGaskin-Scattered trees were blown down in the northern part of Walton county.
June 2017FloodGaskin-Pen Williams Rd was closed due to water on the roadway.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindGaskin-Two trees were blown down near Phillips Road and Highway 83.
November 2015FloodGaskin-Woods Road was closed due to flooding.
May 2014FloodGaskin-Moderate to heavy rain through the day led to flooding on Wood Road, resulting in road closure.
April 2014FloodGaskin-Woods Road was flooded and closed.
April 2014FloodGaskin-Penn Williams Road was flooded and closed.
September 2012FloodGaskin-Woods Road was closed due to areal flooding.
June 1999HailGaskin-Storm spotter observed dime size hail.

Every storm 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
Darlington4.5 miles13
Caney Creek6.2 miles13
Glendale7.5 miles12
Lakewood7.9 miles14
Paxton9.1 miles14
Gordon9.5 miles14
Sand Hill9.7 miles12
Cluster Springs9.9 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122572649The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 282957. 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.