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Grantham, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32428. It stands on White Oak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gap Lake quadrangle.

Grantham within Washington County

Then and now

1950 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Grantham, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Grantham, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Grantham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,836 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 12 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 burning35
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural11
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service67/HAMPSHIRE2007-02-0946
5 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 1999Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 August 2007Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Service67/MOODY PASTURE FIRE-0893

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Grantham: 3 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 Ls. DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Dmp Investments, Inc. - Washington CountyClayProducer
Unnamed Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Greenhead3.6 miles14
Macom5.3 miles14
Crystal Lake6.7 miles16
Wausau8.6 miles14
Sylvania8.7 miles14
Holmes Valley9.3 miles14
Vernon10.2 miles14
Gilberts Mill10.3 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301625. 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.