Lochiocha, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It lies in ZIP code area 32310. The Survey maps it on the Ward quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Lochiocha within Gadsden County

Then and now

1943 to 1988

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 Lochiocha (historical), surveyed 1988

Topographic sheet of Lochiocha (historical), surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1943 USGS Lake Talquin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Ward quadrangle1:24000
1972 USGS Ward quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Lochiocha (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,602 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 7 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	21
Natural	19
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Arson/incendiarism	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Other causes	1
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
4 September 1992	Railroad operations and maintenance	13 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
3 September 1992	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	National Forests in Florida	not named
24 September 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	(20) TRACTOR FIRE
23 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	(37) HITCHING POST FIRE
17 September 1999	Railroad operations and maintenance	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
14 September 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
11 September 2019	Natural	2,246 acres	National Forests in Florida	344-D
4 August 1999	Natural	50 acres	National Forests in Florida	HUBBARD BRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gadsden 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lake View Point	5.4 miles	12
Ebenezer	7.4 miles	12
Wetumpka	8.3 miles	12
Sawdust	12.5 miles	14
Juniper	13.0 miles	14
Midway	14.3 miles	16
Greensboro	14.6 miles	14
Ohathlockhouchy (historical)	15.1 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306988. 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.