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Luraville, Florida

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dowling Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32060. The Survey maps it on the Mayo quadrangle.

Luraville within Suwannee County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Luraville, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Luraville, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

168 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 168 fires within 5 miles of Luraville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 745 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 9 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 burning53
Railroad operations and maintenance32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Natural21
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2

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
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service34-PINE LIMB FIRE-#0219
6 August 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service04-61-JUNK PILE FIRE-0844
2 August 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service34-HAL ADAMS BRIDGE-333
10 August 2020Debris and open burning6.0 acresFlorida Forest Service180TH ST (61)
7 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresFlorida Forest Service229TH DR (61)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Suwannee County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Luraville: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Dell Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dell Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Anderson Mining - Mayo MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Denali, Inc.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Steinhatchee Constr. - Number One MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Suwannee 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
Dell3.9 miles9
San Pedro Poturiba (historical)4.6 miles9
Lancaster8.9 miles9
Dowling Park9.1 miles9
Newburn10.5 miles9
Mercer11.1 miles9
McAlpin11.6 miles9
Pine Mount11.7 miles9

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 Q122562348The 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 294844. 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.