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Limestone, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wacissa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32344. It stands on Caney Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cody quadrangle.

Limestone within Jefferson County

Then and now

1954 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Limestone, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Limestone, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Limestone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 271 acres in total. 10 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 burning28
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
23 September 2003Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service950
9 August 1993Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1993Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 July 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 June 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(33) WACISSA SPRINGS FIRE
29 June 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(33) LIMESTONE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson 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 Limestone: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. 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 - Wacissa MineClayUnknown
White Construction Co., Inc. - Landrum Pond MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Limestone in 1 storm report in 2020: 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
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLimestone-A tree was blown down along St Augustine Road.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Cody1.4 miles12
Wacissa2.2 miles9
Thomas City2.9 miles9
San Luis Apalache (historical)4.2 miles9
Wacissa (historical)4.3 miles9
Willanocha (historical)5.4 miles9
Fanlew5.7 miles12
Waukeenah5.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294837. 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.