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Macom, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32428. It stands on Double Branch. The Survey maps it on the Vernon quadrangle.

Macom within Washington County

Then and now

1950 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Macom, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Macom, surveyed 1950

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Macom between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,078 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 10 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 burning42
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural11
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2

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 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service67/2 MOSS HILL ROAD
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service67/1 MOSS HILL ROAD
25 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHOLLY HILLS RD (67)
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service67/DELTONA #1-0551
21 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service67/DELTONA #2-0552
2 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDELTONA BLVD (67)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Macom: 3 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
M & O Sand & Fill Equip SandhillsSandProducer
Washington Co Comm. - Roche MineSandUnknown
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dmp Investments, Inc. - Washington CountyClayProducer
Unnamed Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Unnamed Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Unnamed Clay PitClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Sylvania3.5 miles14
Wausau4.3 miles14
Vernon5.3 miles14
Greenhead5.3 miles14
Grantham5.3 miles14
Holmes Valley5.9 miles14
Bells Mill6.5 miles14
Bradford6.8 miles14

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 Q122546642The 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 301621. 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.