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Merediths, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Williston-Bronson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32618. The Survey maps it on the Bronson NE quadrangle.

Merediths within Levy County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Merediths, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Merediths, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

486 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 486 fires within 5 miles of Merediths between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,068 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 29 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 burning130
Railroad operations and maintenance110
Equipment and vehicle use74
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Natural38
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking6
Other causes4

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
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLEVY/TILTED TRACTOR FIRE
23 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service92 ND PL. (38)
21 September 2002Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service63RD PL. (38)
14 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Levy County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Merediths: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
D & M Johnston - Johnston Landfill MineSandUnknown
Freebee Landholding, Ltd. - Freebee Levy County MineSandUnknown
O'Steen Bro.SandProducer
Osteen Brothers - Osteen PitSandProducer
Watson Construction, Inc. - Archer MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Levy County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Merediths in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2019Thunderstorm WindMerediths$30,000Five large oak and pine trees were knocked down near the 12000 block of NE 80th Avenue, and two power poles were snapped. Additionally, a tree fell on a house near the intersection of SE 5th Avenue and SE 4th Street in Chiefland.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMerediths$10,000Bronson Fire Department reported a tree down on power lines, blocking SR-24 and NE 99 Place.
May 2023HailMerediths-Off duty firefighter reported quarter size hail east of Bronson.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMerediths-Local law enforcement reported several trees snapped at the base. One power pole was also snapped. Additionally, a couple of sheds were overturned.

Every storm recorded in Levy 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
Bronson3.0 miles10
Raleigh7.7 miles15
Hodgson9.3 miles15
Williston Highlands10.1 miles11
Williston10.4 miles15
Usher12.4 miles11
Montbrook13.2 miles16
Chiefland13.6 miles11

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 Q122549468The 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 294853. 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.