Kenny, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Sanderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32040. The Survey maps it on the Macclenny West quadrangle.
Then and now
1917 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1917 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1917 USGS Macclenny quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Macclenny quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Macclenny West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
309 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 309 fires within 5 miles of Kenny between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,564 acres in total. 69 started naturally. 49 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 burning | 71 |
| Natural | 69 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 54 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 05-02-CHRISTMAS TREE FIRE-1156 |
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NOEL RD(02) |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 05-02-OAK TERRACE-1338 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BOB BURNSED ROAD (02) |
| 27 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | 204 |
| 22 September 1993 | Natural | 10 acres | National Forests in Florida | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,416 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,416 specimens collected within 10 miles of Kenny between 1887 and 1975: 1,239 Animalia, 107 Plantae, 67 Fungi, 3 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A H Curtiss, A. F. Newton, A. H. Antonie and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Sphaerostilbe | 1906 | E.M. Berger | Macclenny |
![]() | Coleosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt. | 1909 | W.T. Swingle | Glen St. Mary |
![]() | Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863 | 1914 | H. Hume | Glen Saint Mary |
| Eriocaulon compressum Lam. | 1887 | Miss H.M. Heading | ||
| Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D.Don | 1887 | Miss H.M. Heading | ||
| Pinguicula caerulea Walter | 1887 | H.M.H. | Macclenny | |
![]() | Osmunda regalis L. | 1890 | Alice J. Heading | Macclenny.<br/> |
| Ludwigia linearis Walter | 1897 | A. H. Curtiss | McClenny. | |
| Schizachyrium tenerum Nees | 1897 | A. H. Curtiss | McClenny. | |
| Scleria distans Poir. | 1897 | A. H. Curtiss | Near Maclenny, Fla. | |
| Woodwardia angustifolia Sm. | 1897 | A. H. Curtiss | McClenny. | |
| Rorippa teres (Michx.) Stuckey | 1899 | L. H. Lighthipe | Low grounds, Glen St. Mary. |
All 1,416 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margaretta | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Taylor | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Pine Top | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Glen Saint Mary | 7.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sanderson | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| Macclenny | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Manns Spur | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Baxter | 10.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294823. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.










