Myrtis, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fort White census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32025. The Survey maps it on the Ellisville quadrangle.

Myrtis within Columbia County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Myrtis, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Myrtis, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Ellisville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1994 USGS Ellisville quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

297 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Myrtis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 784 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 5 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 burning	102
Railroad operations and maintenance	68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	51
Equipment and vehicle use	29
Misuse of fire by a minor	14
Natural	14
Power generation/transmission/distribution	7
Smoking	6
Arson/incendiarism	5
Recreation and ceremony	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
8 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	CR 242A(12)
24 September 2016	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	CLIFTON JAMES GLEN (12)
17 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	SOUTHBOUND WRECK (12)
15 September 2011	Debris and open burning	15 acres	Florida Forest Service	PEACE (12)
14 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	12-I-75 FIRE-1138
13 September 1999	Smoking	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
11 September 2014	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	RIDGE RD (12)
11 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mason	1.8 miles	9
Ebenezer	2.6 miles	9
Ellisville	4.3 miles	9
Columbia	5.1 miles	8
Bass	5.9 miles	8
Lulu	6.5 miles	8
Rolling Meadows	7.1 miles	8
Navair	7.3 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294862. 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.