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Kalon, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ridge Manor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33597. It lies near Seaburg Hammock. The Survey maps it on the Saint Catherine quadrangle.

Kalon within Hernando County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kalon, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Kalon, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

187 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Kalon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,927 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 46 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
Equipment and vehicle use47
Arson/incendiarism46
Natural32
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLEAH (51)
29 September 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service27/WALMART FIRE/1119
26 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceEAGLE FALLS (27)
22 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 1999Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceROCK PILE (27)
6 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.4 acresFlorida Forest Service51/TRILBY FIRE/0738
4 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hernando 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 Kalon: 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand, 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
Ariana Dairy Farm, Inc. - Pedone Sand MineSandUnknown
Ridge Manor MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
E R Jahna Industries, Inc. - Mills MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
E.R. Jahna - Mills MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Hernando 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
Ridge Manor0.7 miles14
Alderman1.3 miles12
Dutton Still1.9 miles12
Talisman2.0 miles12
Richloam2.4 miles13
Rital3.4 miles14
Terrell3.6 miles14
Rerdell4.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300929. 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.