BlockMayo Junction, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Day census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32066. It stands on Fourmile Creek. The Survey maps it on the Day quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The 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.
Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Day quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Mayo Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,165 acres in total. 22 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 burning | 37 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 217TH (61) |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 34 - BREWER LAKE #347 |
| 9 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 231ST ROAD (61) |
| 6 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 217TH RD (61) |
| 5 July 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mayo Junction: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Anderson Mining Corp. - Dowling Pond Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| White Constr. - Dowling Park | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mayo Junction in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Mayo Junction | $100,000 | Several houses were flooded in Mayo. A sinkhole developed on Highway 51N that was about 50 ft by 75 ft. Several roads were also washed out. Radar estimated that up to 12 inches of rain fell in about 12 hours. Damage cost was estimated. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mayo Junction | $2,000 | A power line was blown down along County Road 251. |
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.
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 Q122589410 | The 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 294849. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.