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Hobbs Crossroads, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Holmes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32464. It stands on Pine Log Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hobbs Crossroads quadrangle.

Hobbs Crossroads within Holmes County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hobbs Crossroads, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Hobbs Crossroads, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

99 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Hobbs Crossroads between 1993 and 2019, burning about 541 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 3 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 burning24
Equipment and vehicle use22
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Smoking9
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1
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
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBAKER POND II (30)
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/TEXAS LANE-0571
26 August 2000Natural12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2011Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBAKER POND (30)
30 July 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 July 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 185 (30)
16 July 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes 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 Hobbs Crossroads: 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Melson Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Unnamed Clay DepositsClayProspect
Unnamed Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

Every working recorded in Holmes 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
Barker Store2.3 miles16
Leonia3.5 miles13
Hudson3.8 miles14
Arrant Settlement3.9 miles14
Baker Settlement4.4 miles14
Prosperity4.4 miles14
Royals Crossroads4.6 miles16
New Hope4.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294808. 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.