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Highland, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Middleburg-Clay Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32234. The Survey maps it on the Lawtey quadrangle.

Highland within Clay County

Then and now

1918 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Highland, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Highland, surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

208 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Highland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,288 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 12 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
Natural55
Railroad operations and maintenance33
Debris and open burning31
Equipment and vehicle use30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresFlorida Forest Service03-04-BLOCKER HUNT CAMP-1194
3 September 2014Natural17 acresFlorida Forest Service265TH ST (04)
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCANVAS BACK FIRE 2006-07-0302
12 September 2011Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTALLOW (10)
8 August 2011Natural3.8 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWILKERSON ROAD (10)
7 August 2006Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03-04-DOUBLE TRAIL FIRE-1240
4 August 2016Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePALMETTO ROAD (10)
3 August 2010Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service10 PALMETTO 2010-07-0439

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Highland: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Zirconium, Titanium-Ilmenite, Aluminum. 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
E.I. Dupont - Florida MineTitanium-Heavy MineralsProducerIlmenite, Leucoxene, Rutile, Zircon, Kyanite
Highland OperationTitanium, Zirconium, AluminumPast Producer1946, 1955
Maxville TractTitanium, Zirconium, REE, AluminumProducerSurface
Trail Ridge PlacerTitanium-IlmeniteProducerKyanite, Zircon, Rutile, Leucoxene

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Highland in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 2021FloodHighland-The intersection of County Road 218 and Louie Carter Road was flooded. This area received about 3.5 inches of rain.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindHighland-Large tree limbs were blown down along County Road 218.
March 2012HailHighland-Quarter to dime size hail was reported at the intersection of Highway 218 and Bluejay Road.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHighland-A metal shed that protected nursery plants was blown away from its supports and damaged.

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Hugh3.7 miles13
Clay Hill4.8 miles21
Kingsley9.4 miles13
Kingsley Beach9.6 miles13
Kingsley Village9.8 miles17
Middleburg10.3 miles21
Rattlesnake Bend11.5 miles21
Black Creek (historical)12.5 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294804. 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.