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Louise, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Waldo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32609. It stands on Moccasin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Waldo quadrangle.

Louise within Alachua County

Then and now

1941 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Louise, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Louise, surveyed 1941

Compare 1941 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Louise between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,305 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 30 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 maintenance42
Natural34
Debris and open burning32
Arson/incendiarism30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use16
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
6 September 2006Natural60 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/LIL HOBO FIRE
4 September 2007Natural50 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/TRAM RD FIRE
22 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service18 PILE (04)
23 August 1993Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1993Natural4.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1993Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 2006Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/BIG YELLOW HOUSE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alachua County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 850 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 850 specimens collected within 10 miles of Louise between 1850 and 1975: 398 Animalia, 335 Fungi, 89 Plantae, 15 Protozoa, 7 Unrecorded, 6 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Laessle, A. S. Rhoads, A. Stowers and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Sorosporium everhartii Ellis & GallowaySorosporium everhartii Ellis & Galloway1900Hume, H. HaroldOrange Heights
Specimen of Sphacelotheca nealii (Ellis & F.W.Anderson) G.P.ClintonSphacelotheca nealii (Ellis & F.W.Anderson) G.P.Clinton1900H. Harold HumeOrange Heights
A photograph of the species Burmannia biflora, not of this specimenBurmannia biflora L.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Ctenium aromaticum, not of this specimenCtenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Cyperus croceus, not of this specimenCyperus croceus Vahl1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Cyperus lecontei, not of this specimenCyperus lecontei Torr. ex Steud.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Cyperus retrorsus, not of this specimenCyperus retrorsus Chapm.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Fimbristylis vahlii, not of this specimenFimbristylis vahlii (Lam.) Link1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Hypericum myrtifolium, not of this specimenHypericum myrtifolium Lam.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Saccharum alopecuroides, not of this specimenSaccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Sida acuta, not of this specimenSida acuta Burm.fil.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Sorghastrum secundum, not of this specimenSorghastrum secundum (Elliott) Nash1850H Gillman

All 850 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
Monteocha4.0 miles9
Waldo4.7 miles15
Lake Alto Estates6.5 miles15
Shenks7.0 miles15
Fairbanks8.0 miles21
La Crosse9.2 miles11
Santa Fe Beach9.2 miles16
Earleton9.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 286137. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.