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Harp, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Avalon-Mulat census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32583. The Survey maps it on the Milton South quadrangle.

Harp within Santa Rosa County

Then and now

1920 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Harp, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Harp, surveyed 1920

Compare 1920 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

430 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 430 fires within 5 miles of Harp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,465 acres in total. 17 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
Railroad operations and maintenance119
Debris and open burning75
Equipment and vehicle use64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Misuse of fire by a minor42
Arson/incendiarism25
Natural17
Smoking15
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Other causes3
Fireworks2

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 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2019Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGARCON POINT(57)
5 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2003Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceAMY FIRE - 1182
30 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use2.8 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Service57- ORO FIRE-0861
28 September 2019Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSANDBORN DRIVE (57)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Rosa 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 Harp: 4 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Santa Rosa Co. Road Dept. - Avalon MineClayUnknown
Santa Rosa PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Santa Rosa MineSandUnknown
Salter/3-C's - Pea Ridge MineSandUnknownSand
W.P.R., Inc. - Russell Sand MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Santa Rosa 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
Mulat1.0 miles15
Avalon Beach2.1 miles15
Floridatown2.9 miles17
Galt City3.3 miles15
Pace3.9 miles17
Bagdad4.9 miles15
Dickerson City5.9 miles18
East Milton5.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294796. 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.