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Mutual, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32619. The Survey maps it on the Fourmile Lake quadrangle.

Mutual within Gilchrist County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mutual, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Mutual, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Mutual between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,017 acres in total. 26 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
Railroad operations and maintenance48
Debris and open burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Natural26
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2010-08-0520 FEATHER BUNCHER
7 September 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGILCHRIST/LOST WORLD FIRE
30 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGILCHRIST/FOX PEN FIRE/0934
28 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGILCHRIST -- WIREGRASS FIRE
14 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBALER 2 FIRE/ GILCHRIST
13 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2005-08-0514/GILCHRIST
8 August 1999Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilchrist County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mutual: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Robert's Roy Field QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gilchrist 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
Bell1.8 miles10
Harvard1.9 miles10
Curtis3.5 miles11
Williford3.7 miles10
Craggs5.5 miles10
Waters Lake5.8 miles10
Wannee6.0 miles11
Little Lake City6.5 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300170. 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.