Halpata, Florida
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32025. The Survey maps it on the Lake City West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The 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.


On record in Halpata
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 6 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Lake Isabella Historic Residential Districtlisted 1993 · 0.2 miles away
T. G. Henderson Houselisted 1973 · 0.4 miles away
Horace Duncan Houselisted 1993 · 0.5 miles away
Hotel Blanchelisted 1990 · 0.6 miles away
Columbia County High Schoollisted 1993 · 0.6 miles away
Lake City Historic Commercial Districtlisted 1994 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lake City West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
414 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 414 fires within 5 miles of Halpata (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,168 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 25 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 burning | 118 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 99 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 |
| Natural | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CR 242A(12) |
| 29 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 12-THE JOSH FIRE-1198/NOV |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARION AVE (12) |
| 25 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | STILL |
| 25 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 06-12-JOEY LAND FIRE-1400 |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MCCALL TERR (12) |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | National Forests in Florida | STILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake City | 0.5 miles | 8 | |
| Watertown | 1.2 miles | 10 | |
| Miltons Campground Number 1 | 1.4 miles | 8 | |
| Newco | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Five Points | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lacymark | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Navair | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Wilburn | 2.9 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294540. 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.




