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Manns Spur, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Sanderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32087. The Survey maps it on the Sanderson South quadrangle.

Manns Spur within Baker County

Then and now

1954 to 2005

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Manns Spur, surveyed 2005
Topographic sheet of Manns Spur, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

252 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Manns Spur between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,373 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 34 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
Natural66
Equipment and vehicle use59
Debris and open burning34
Arson/incendiarism34
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2013Natural16 acresNational Forests in FloridaMIDNIGHT
6 September 2001Natural7.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaOLD GUYS
28 September 1993Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGASKINS CIRCLE ( 02 )
2 September 2011Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceIVORY (02)
16 September 1997Natural50 acresNational Forests in FloridaLIGHTS OUT
8 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2006Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service05-02-3 AMIGOS FIRE-1236

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 350 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 350 specimens collected within 10 miles of Manns Spur between 1861 and 1975: 120 Animalia, 113 Fungi, 111 Plantae, 3 Protozoa, 3 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. & H. Dietrich, A. H. Antonie, A.E. Daugherty 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 Coleosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt.Coleosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt.1909W.T. SwingleGlen St. Mary
Specimen of Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863Bombus impatiens Cresson, 18631914H. HumeGlen Saint Mary
Specimen of Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 1841Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 18411914not recordedGlen Saint Mary
Libellula axilena Westwood, 18371861A. & H. DietrichOsceola National Forest, Ocean Pond Camp
Eriocaulon compressum Lam.1887Miss H.M. Heading
Leucothoe axillaris (Lam.) D.Don1887Miss H.M. Heading
Rorippa teres (Michx.) Stuckey1899L. H. LighthipeLow grounds, Glen St. Mary.
A photograph of the species Elsinoe fawcettii, not of this specimenElsinoe fawcettii Bitanc. & Jenkins1904Rolfs P. H.Glen St. Mary
Coniothecium Corda, 18331905Webber H. J.Glen St. Mary
Cladosporium caryigenum (Ellis & Langl.) Gottwald1907Orton W. A.Glen St. Mary
A photograph of the species Coleosporium carneum, not of this specimenColeosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.1909W.T. SwingleGlen St. Mary
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc.1909W. T. SwingleGlen St. Mary

All 350 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
Sanderson2.8 miles9
Margaretta5.7 miles14
Olustee6.2 miles10
Okeafenoke Swamp (historical)6.9 miles10
Pine Top7.8 miles14
Manning8.7 miles12
Glen Saint Mary8.9 miles14
Sapp9.3 miles12

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 Q122545978The 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 306001. 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.