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McCaln, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Southwest Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32310. The Survey maps it on the Midway quadrangle.

McCaln within Leon County

Then and now

1940 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McCaln, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of McCaln, surveyed 1940

Compare 1940 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of McCaln between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,436 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 6 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 burning30
Recreation and ceremony21
Natural17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3

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
8 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2008Smoking2.5 acresNational Forests in FloridaTWISTED ANKLE
28 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCLAY PIT (37)
24 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBIG RICHARD RD *NOV* (37)
18 September 2010Debris and open burning12 acresFlorida Forest Service(37) OCHLOCKONEE ROBERT FIRE
13 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 90 (37)
12 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCROSSBOW RD (37)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leon County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of McCaln: 5 producers, 5 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, 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.

Every working recorded in Leon 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
Norfleet0.7 miles16
Ochlockonee1.6 miles16
Andrew3.4 miles16
Zion Hill4.8 miles19
Bellwood Estates5.5 miles13
Harbinwood Estates5.8 miles13
Lake Jackson6.1 miles13
Tallahassee6.5 miles19

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 Q122591569The 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 306898. 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.