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Jensen Place, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the West Liberty census division. The Survey maps it on the Wilma quadrangle.

Jensen Place within Liberty County

Then and now

1946 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jensen Place, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Jensen Place, surveyed 1946

Compare 1946 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Jensen Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,185 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 10 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
Natural33
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony7
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
23 August 1993Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in Floridanot named
21 August 1993Natural18 acresNational Forests in Floridanot named
17 August 2004Natural25 acresNational Forests in FloridaHOSTAGE
11 August 2010Natural275 acresNational Forests in FloridaCOW
1 August 2002Natural2.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaWOODPECKER
8 July 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in Floridanot named
7 July 2017Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaTWO BARREL
5 July 2017Natural3.1 acresNational Forests in FloridaVILAS 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jensen Place: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unnamed Limestone ProspectLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Liberty 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
Vilas2.3 miles13
Central City2.9 miles13
Orange5.2 miles15
Fawn Ford5.2 miles14
Wilma5.6 miles13
Liberty5.8 miles13
Lewis7.1 miles15
Conners Ford7.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305869. 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.