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Guilford, Florida

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lake Butler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32054. The Survey maps it on the Lulu quadrangle.

Guilford within Union County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Guilford, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Guilford, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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 Guilford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,826 acres in total. 34 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
Equipment and vehicle use36
Natural34
Debris and open burning25
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03-63-LONELY FIRE 1252
6 September 2020Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNW 124TH AVE (63)
6 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 1997Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Guilford in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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
March 2021Heavy RainGuilford-A station measured 2.89 inches since midnight.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindGuilford-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindGuilford-Large tree limbs were blown down near West State Road 238 and SW 113th Avenue. The time of the event was based on radar.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindGuilford-Large tree limbs were reported blown down.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGuilford-Trees and power lines were blown down per highway patrol. The time of damage was based on radar.

Every storm recorded in Union 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
Cliftonville1.3 miles8
Brown4.2 miles8
Danville4.3 miles9
Lake Butler4.4 miles9
Dukes6.1 miles8
Browns Still6.4 miles8
Miller6.6 miles8
Dana7.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295326. 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.

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.