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Kuhlman, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sebring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33876. The Survey maps it on the Sebring quadrangle.

Kuhlman within Highlands County

Then and now

1952 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 36 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kuhlman, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Kuhlman, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

544 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 544 fires within 5 miles of Kuhlman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,626 acres in total. 69 started naturally. 58 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 burning118
Railroad operations and maintenance93
Equipment and vehicle use74
Natural69
Arson/incendiarism58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Power generation/transmission/distribution23
Recreation and ceremony15
Smoking11
Fireworks5
Other causes3

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
9 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINE NEEDLE (28)
9 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(HI) PORCH FIRE - 1401
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(HI) PEAT FIRE (1204)
28 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(HI) WINDING CREEK (1503)
27 September 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOOLIGE (28)
26 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(HI) AL (1492)
23 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(HI) TAQUITO FIRE (1479)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Highlands County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kuhlman: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Peat, Sand. 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
Dot Sebring - Maint. #09-03 MineSandUnknownSand
Tu-Co Peat - Tu-Co PitPeatProducerPeat

Every working recorded in Highlands 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
De Soto City3.3 miles14
Istokpoga3.7 miles14
Hen Scratch6.4 miles13
Sylvan Shores6.7 miles14
Sebring7.0 miles14
Lake Placid7.6 miles14
Highlands Park Estates8.4 miles14
Negrotown Knoll8.9 miles14

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 Q122556183The 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 295395. 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.