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Hillcoat, Florida

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32052. The Survey maps it on the Hillcoat quadrangle.

Hillcoat within Hamilton County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hillcoat, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Hillcoat, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

201 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Hillcoat between 1993 and 2020, burning about 754 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 14 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 burning57
Railroad operations and maintenance38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3

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 2002Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1993Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1993Natural4.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service4TH ST (24-04)
19 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service04-24-NOV/118TH LANE FIRE -1292
18 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCR 137-1 (24-4)
18 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCR 137-2 (24-4)
17 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hillcoat: 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, 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
Hamilton County ReconniassancePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1966
Swift Creek MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, AluminumProducer1960, 1970
Psc Phosphate (White Springs) - Hamilton MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesProducerCollophane

Every working recorded in Hamilton 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
Marion2.9 miles8
Camps Still3.5 miles9
Jasper3.8 miles8
Kennedy Still5.1 miles8
Blacks Still5.7 miles9
Genoa6.3 miles9
Rawls6.4 miles8
Adams7.3 miles9

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 Q122568342The 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 294806. 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.