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Hiamonee, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It lies in ZIP code area 32312. It stands on Shaw Creek. The Survey maps it on the Calvary quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Hiamonee within Gadsden County

Then and now

1954 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hiamonee (historical), surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Hiamonee (historical), surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Hiamonee (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 920 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 burning37
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
31 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceJULIA MAE CT (37)
18 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 July 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 July 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(37) MERIDIAN ROAD TREE FIRE
26 July 2002Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2000Debris and open burning3.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-GRADY-005
13 July 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(37) LAKE IAMONIA INCIDENT
6 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFISH POND (37)-0428

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Concord4.4 miles11
Darsey5.7 miles12
Rich Bay6.6 miles12
Hinson7.1 miles12
Havana7.2 miles12
Gibson8.4 miles12
Jamieson8.9 miles12
Freemont9.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294537. 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.