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Hatchcakamocha, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Wacissa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32336. The Survey maps it on the Waukeenah quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hatchcakamocha within Jefferson County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hatchcakamocha (historical), surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Hatchcakamocha (historical), surveyed 1954

On record in Hatchcakamocha

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 1 record

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 9 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

130 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Hatchcakamocha (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 542 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 burning44
Railroad operations and maintenance34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use12
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(33) TEXACO FIRE
29 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 July 2007Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(33) WILD TURKEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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
Nash0.9 miles9
Drifton2.3 miles9
Casa Blanco3.5 miles7
Capps3.9 miles9
Lois4.2 miles7
Waukeenah4.8 miles9
Montivilla5.6 miles7
Monticello5.6 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294538. 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.