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New Mikasuki, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32331. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

New Mikasuki within Madison County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of New Mikasuki (historical), surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of New Mikasuki (historical), surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of New Mikasuki (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 217 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 burning30
Equipment and vehicle use26
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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
6 September 2014Other causesunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHONEY LAKE (40)
6 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMILE MARKER 241 (40)
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service238 MILE MARKER (40)
23 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWHITE WING DOVE SWAMP (40)
21 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWHIPPOORWILL (40)
20 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWHIPPORWILL (40)
16 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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
Reams1.2 miles9
Stern1.2 miles9
Greenville1.4 miles9
Spray2.6 miles8
Ahosulga (historical)3.9 miles9
Dennet4.2 miles8
Toponanaulka (historical)4.2 miles9
San Juan Ospalaga (historical)4.7 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294515. 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.