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Grahamsville, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the East Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34488. It stands on Orange Drain. The Survey maps it on the Lynne quadrangle.

Grahamsville within Marion 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 Grahamsville, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Grahamsville, surveyed 1954

On record in Grahamsville

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

262 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Grahamsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,459 acres in total. 88 started naturally. 24 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
Natural88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Debris and open burning31
Arson/incendiarism24
Recreation and ceremony16
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
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
6 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNational Forests in Floridanot named
4 September 2001Debris and open burning15 acresNational Forests in FloridaWELDENA
4 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNational Forests in Floridanot named
27 September 1993Natural25 acresNational Forests in Floridanot named
22 September 2011Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGORE'S LANDING42)
10 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaWALDENA
8 August 2004Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaSHERILL'S MILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Grahamsville: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand, 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
Lynn MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
S & E Contractors, Inc. - Dr. Slaughter Fish MineClayUnknown
Standard Sand and Silica - Lynne MineSandProducer

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Conner0.6 miles9
Bruceville1.0 miles9
Nubys Corner1.3 miles9
Lacota2.1 miles9
Lynne3.8 miles9
Burbank4.5 miles17
Cedar Creek4.5 miles10
Silver Springs5.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305743. 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.