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McPherson, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Macclenny census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32063. The Survey maps it on the Maxville quadrangle.

McPherson within Baker County

Then and now

1918 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of McPherson, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of McPherson, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

215 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of McPherson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,953 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 18 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
Equipment and vehicle use60
Natural57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
8 August 2014Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service301 (16)
7 August 2014Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceO AND I BOUNDARY (16)
6 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGALLBERRY (02)
6 August 2003Natural7.2 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1053
6 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service05-02 - RAIFORD RD FIRE - 1309
10 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1999Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,334 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,334 specimens collected within 10 miles of McPherson between 1887 and 1975: 1,183 Animalia, 92 Plantae, 58 Fungi, 1 Protozoa. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A H Curtiss, A. H. Curtiss, Adams J. M. R. 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 SphaerostilbeSphaerostilbe1906E.M. BergerMacclenny
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
Pinguicula caerulea Walter1887H.M.H.Macclenny
A photograph of the species Osmunda regalis, not of this specimenOsmunda regalis L.1890Alice J. HeadingMacclenny.<br/>
Ludwigia linearis Walter1897A. H. CurtissMcClenny.
Schizachyrium tenerum Nees1897A. H. CurtissMcClenny.
Scleria distans Poir.1897A. H. CurtissNear Maclenny, Fla.
Woodwardia angustifolia Sm.1897A. H. CurtissMcClenny.
Rorippa teres (Michx.) Stuckey1899L. H. LighthipeLow grounds, Glen St. Mary.
A photograph of the species Castanea dentata, not of this specimenCastanea dentata (Marshall) Borkh.1900Curtiss, A.H.
A photograph of the species Elsinoe fawcettii, not of this specimenElsinoe fawcettii Bitanc. & Jenkins1904Rolfs P. H.Glen St. Mary

All 1,334 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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 McPherson: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals. 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
E.I. Dupont - Maxville MineTitanium-Heavy MineralsProducerIlmenite, Leucoxene, Rutile, Zircon, Kyanite

Every working recorded in Baker 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
LaBuena1.1 miles13
Bessent2.6 miles13
Macclenny3.3 miles12
Steckert3.5 miles12
Glen Saint Mary4.7 miles14
Pine Top5.6 miles14
Manning7.1 miles12
Margaretta7.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294852. 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.

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.