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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.

Halpata within Columbia 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 Halpata (historical), surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Halpata (historical), surveyed 1954

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.

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

414 since 1992

Regional 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 burning118
Railroad operations and maintenance99
Missing data/not specified/undetermined65
Natural37
Arson/incendiarism25
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use19
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Recreation and ceremony9
Other causes3
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCR 242A(12)
29 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service12-THE JOSH FIRE-1198/NOV
28 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARION AVE (12)
25 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaSTILL
25 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service06-12-JOEY LAND FIRE-1400
16 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMCCALL TERR (12)
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresNational Forests in FloridaSTILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia 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
Lake City0.5 miles8
Watertown1.2 miles10
Miltons Campground Number 11.4 miles8
Newco1.6 miles10
Five Points1.8 miles8
Lacymark2.1 miles8
Navair2.7 miles10
Wilburn2.9 miles10

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.