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Glass, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cottondale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32431. The Survey maps it on the Cottondale West quadrangle.

Glass within Jackson County

Then and now

1952 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Glass, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Glass, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Glass between 1992 and 2020, burning about 568 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 burning33
Equipment and vehicle use28
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Smoking5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLOVEWOOD COMMAND
28 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLOVEWOOD (32)
16 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceVETERAN RD (32)
13 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service32/PENNY ROAD-0525
17 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined37 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMARTIE LANE (32)
13 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 August 2007Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Service32/OVERPASS RD-0895

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Glass: 5 producers, 3 unknowns, 3 past producers, 2 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand, Limestone, General. 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
Anderson Columbia Company, Inc. - Jackson Co. MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Florida Asphalt and Paving Co. - Sexton PitSandProducer
Gulf Asphalt - Imperial MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Imperial Mine, Anderson ColumbiaLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Jackson Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - Jacob MineSandUnknown
White Constr. - Jones MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
White Construction Co. - White PitSandProducer
White Construction Company, Inc. - Ww Henley MineSandUnknownSand
Unnamed Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Jacobs2.7 miles14
Richter Crossroads4.3 miles14
Cottondale5.4 miles14
Waddells Mill5.5 miles14
Campbellton6.0 miles14
Graceville7.9 miles15
Ellaville8.1 miles14
Browntown8.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295316. 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.