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Mount Pleasant, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32327. The Survey maps it on the Crawfordville West quadrangle.

Mount Pleasant within Wakulla 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 Mount Pleasant, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Mount Pleasant, surveyed 1940

Compare 1940 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

137 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,450 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 9 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 burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Natural21
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony9
Fireworks3
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
8 September 1999Natural30 acresNational Forests in FloridaGRIMES BAY
7 September 1999Natural8.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaG F & A
7 September 1999Natural5.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaMILLGROVE
24 September 2014Natural1.3 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugePURIFY BAY FIRE
19 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(65) DONALDSON-WILLIAMS
4 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaLONG BRANCH
28 August 1997Natural4.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaFRANKLIN
20 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(65) TIMMONS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wakulla County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mount Pleasant: 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Cannon Limestone - Moccasin Dip MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Wakulla PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lost Creek Land Development - 98 MineSandUnknown
Millender Trucking & Land Clearing - Millender MineSandUnknownSand

Every working recorded in Wakulla 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
Lawhons Mill2.0 miles14
Tully2.4 miles14
Crawfordville2.6 miles14
Arran3.8 miles14
Medart3.9 miles14
Wakulla Gardens5.0 miles14
Spring Creek5.2 miles14
Ashmore5.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 308602. 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.