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Lafayette, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the East Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32311. The Survey maps it on the Lafayette quadrangle.

Lafayette within Leon County

Then and now

1954 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lafayette, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Lafayette, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Lafayette between 1992 and 2019, burning about 256 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
27 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePALMERS PARK PL (37)
12 August 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 June 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(37) TRAM RD FIRE
27 May 2007Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service(37) TWIN LAKES FIRE
7 April 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 April 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.8 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSCHOOL HOUSE RD (37)
22 April 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(37) MAYLOR RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leon 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 Lafayette: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 Tallahassee - Shelfer MineSandUnknown
Jimmy Crowder Excavating - Tram RoadSandProducer

Every working recorded in Leon County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lafayette in 1 storm report in 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2008Thunderstorm WindLafayette$75,000There were several power poles down in the Southwood Plantation community near Apalachee Parkway and Idlewild Drive. Several business signs were damaged along the Apalachee Parkway. A large branch was hurtled through the roof of a business. The awning of a restaurant was blown down.

Every storm recorded in Leon 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
Perkins1.8 miles15
Tallahassee3.5 miles19
Four Points3.9 miles19
Saint Peter4.0 miles15
Belair4.3 miles19
Henrietta4.6 miles19
Corey4.8 miles14
Chaires5.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 285205. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.