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McAlpin, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the McAlpin-Wellborn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32062. The Survey maps it on the McAlpin quadrangle. It stands 102 feet above sea level.

McAlpin within Suwannee County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McAlpin, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of McAlpin, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

250 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of McAlpin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,209 acres in total. 7 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 burning76
Railroad operations and maintenance71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Equipment and vehicle use26
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Other causes1

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
7 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service184TH PLACE (61)
25 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service04-61-150TH FIRE-1185
15 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Suwannee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of McAlpin: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free. 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
Mcalpin DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, FreeProspect1966

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
Pine Mount1.7 miles9
Padlock6.4 miles9
San Pedro Poturiba (historical)7.0 miles9
O'Brien7.0 miles9
Houston8.5 miles8
Wellborn9.5 miles7
Beachville10.9 miles11
Live Oak10.9 miles8

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.

Wikipedia article on McAlpinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6799936The 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 286560. 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.