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McLellan, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Munson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32570. The Survey maps it on the McLellan quadrangle. It stands 282 feet above sea level.

McLellan within Santa Rosa County

Then and now

1948 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McLellan, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of McLellan, surveyed 1948

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

146 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of McLellan between 1993 and 2020, burning about 5,407 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 47 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
Arson/incendiarism47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use24
Debris and open burning16
Natural12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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 1997Debris and open burning40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service57-191 FIRE-0845
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarism15 acresFlorida Forest Service57 - CAMP LOWERY ROAD FIRE - 0844
23 September 2019Arson/incendiarism125 acresFlorida Forest ServiceS34 (57)
18 September 1997Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1997Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2000Debris and open burning551 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2013Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceJOSHUA LANE (57)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Rosa 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
Belandville2.0 miles12
Sellersville2.2 miles13
Santa Maria3.7 miles12
Simmons Crossing6.5 miles13
Fidelis8.1 miles14
Munson8.9 miles14
Berrydale9.0 miles14
Whitfield11.4 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.

Wikipedia article on McLellanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28035719The 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 294851. 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.