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Hardin Heights, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Chattahoochee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32324. It stands on North Mosquito Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chattahoochee quadrangle.

Hardin Heights within Gadsden County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hardin Heights, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Hardin Heights, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

164 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Hardin Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 891 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 54 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
Arson/incendiarism54
Debris and open burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking5
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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 1997Recreation and ceremony28 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMASON RD (20)-0596
25 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHARDAWAY (20)
20 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(20) PINEVIEW COMMAND
12 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceI-10 (20)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gadsden County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Hardin Heights: 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sand, Clay, Limestone, General. 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
Glf Construction Corp. - Glf Borrow Pit MineSandUnknown
Jackson Co. Bd of Co. Comm. - State MineSand, ClayUnknownClay, Sand
Radcliff Mat. Inc.(Chattahoochee Plant)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Chattahoochee PitClayProducer
State Clay PitClayPast Producer
Chattahoochee DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPlant
Dravo Basic Materials - Chattahoochee DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand and Gravel
Norman DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Gadsden County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hardin Heights in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHardin Heights$2,000Trees were blown down near Mile Marker 161 on I-10. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindHardin Heights-A tree was blown down near Dolan Road.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindHardin Heights-Trees were blown down in the westbound lane of I-10.

Every storm recorded in Gadsden 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
River Junction0.8 miles13
Rosedale2.1 miles13
Chattahoochee2.1 miles13
Oak Grove5.7 miles13
Hardaway6.2 miles13
Sycamore6.3 miles14
Mount Pleasant7.9 miles13
Greensboro8.8 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122569709The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 283727. 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.

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.