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Killingsworth Crossroads, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Crestview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32539. The Survey maps it on the Dorcas quadrangle.

Killingsworth Crossroads within Okaloosa County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Killingsworth Crossroads, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Killingsworth Crossroads, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Killingsworth Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 978 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 21 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
Railroad operations and maintenance36
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism21
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking10
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINEWOODS DRIVE (46)
17 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor2.6 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROGERS FIRE
23 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceEAST SIDE I-10 (46)
18 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePARKER FIRE - 1011
17 August 2012Other causesunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceROBERT TAYLOR RD FIRE (46)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Killingsworth Crossroads: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Sasser D Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Aultman Sand & Material - Aultman #1 MineSandUnknown
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Mossy HeadSandProducer
Mossy Head MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okaloosa 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
Deerland1.2 miles13
Dorcas4.0 miles13
Crestview6.0 miles14
Silver Springs6.3 miles14
Auburn6.4 miles14
Garden City6.9 miles14
Campton9.0 miles14
Milligan9.7 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122546494The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295391. 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.