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Micanopy Junction, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Micanopy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32667. The Survey maps it on the Rochelle quadrangle.

Micanopy Junction within Alachua County

Then and now

1938 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Micanopy Junction, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Micanopy Junction, surveyed 1938

Compare 1938 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

97 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Micanopy Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,870 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 4 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
Natural33
Debris and open burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1993Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/CROSS CREEK FIRE
13 August 2011Natural150 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMICANOPY (1)
9 July 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2017Natural22 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBEE TREE RD (01)
6 July 2004Natural42 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/ MANAGEMENT AREA
6 July 1998Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alachua County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 4,704 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 4,704 specimens collected within 10 miles of Micanopy Junction between 1878 and 1975: 3,714 Animalia, 772 Fungi, 124 Protozoa, 75 Plantae, 11 Chromista, 8 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A S Rhoads, A S Rhoads; P Decker, A. & L. Rhoads 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
A photograph of the species Columbina passerina, not of this specimenColumbina passerina passerina (Linnaeus, 1758)1878not recordedUnknown Specific Locality
A photograph of the species Myriotrema glaucescens, not of this specimenMyriotrema glaucescens (Nyl.) Hale1882H. W. RavenelNear Janesville.
A photograph of the species Porphyrula martinica, not of this specimenPorphyrula martinica (Linnaeus, 1766)1883B. F. SquiresPayne's Prairie
Viperidae1889not recorded7499-UNITED STATES FLORIDA
A photograph of the species Alligator mississippiensis, not of this specimenAlligator mississippiensis (Daudin, 1801)1890not recorded7572-UNITED STATES FLORIDA
A photograph of the species Butorides virescens, not of this specimenButorides virescens virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)1895George GrahamGainesville, Alachua Lake
A photograph of the species Egretta caerulea, not of this specimenEgretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758)1895Frederick DavisNeumaue Lake
A photograph of the species Egretta thula, not of this specimenEgretta thula (Molina, 1782)1895Walker, C.D.Windsor, Florida.
A photograph of the species Nycticorax violaceus, not of this specimenNycticorax violaceus violaceus Stotz et al., 19961895C.D. WalkerWindsor
A photograph of the species Porphyrio martinica, not of this specimenPorphyrio martinica (Linnaeus, 1766)1896Davis, FrederickAlachua Lake [Paynes Prairie].
A photograph of the species Acanthospermum australe, not of this specimenAcanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze1897J. H. Barnhart
A photograph of the species Meliola cookeana, not of this specimenMeliola cookeana Speg.1897Thaxter R.MCINTOSH

All 4,704 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

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
Evinston2.5 miles17
Micanopy2.9 miles19
Alackaway Tolofa (historical)2.9 miles19
Cross Creek4.3 miles17
Tacoma4.7 miles19
Rochelle5.2 miles12
Phifer5.3 miles12
Kirkwood5.4 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 Q122566062The 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 295446. 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.