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Hodgson, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Williston-Bronson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32696. The Survey maps it on the Williston quadrangle.

Hodgson within Levy County

Then and now

1895 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hodgson, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Hodgson, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Hodgson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,148 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 6 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 burning54
Railroad operations and maintenance51
Equipment and vehicle use20
Natural17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Other causes2
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
8 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLEVY/1113 WEST LINE FIRE
4 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1997Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2002Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNE 38TH PL (38)
5 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLEVY - ONE OAK ONE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Levy County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hodgson: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
V.E. Whitehurst & Sons - Raleigh QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Quarry No ThreeStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Limestone Quarry Number 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Raleigh QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Williston PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Williston QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Levy 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
Williston1.2 miles15
Raleigh2.7 miles15
Montbrook5.3 miles16
Williston Highlands6.3 miles11
Morriston8.5 miles16
Merediths9.3 miles10
Bronson10.3 miles10
Beetree Ford15.7 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295351. 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.