BlockNewburn, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dowling Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32060. The Survey maps it on the Falmouth quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The 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 sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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 Falmouth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
321 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 321 fires within 5 miles of Newburn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,516 acres in total. 9 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 | 116 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 84 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LANCASTER (61) |
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newburn in 7 storm reports between 1999 and 2014: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newburn | $3,000 | A horse barn roof was blown off by strong thunderstorm winds. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newburn | $2,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| April 2014 | Heavy Rain | Newburn | - | A spotter measured storm total rainfall of 4.67 inches from April 6th-7th. |
| March 2013 | Heavy Rain | Newburn | - | A spotter measured 3.24 inches of rainfall in 40 minutes. Water flooded his front yard. |
| March 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newburn | - | Wind gusts were estimated between 60 and 70 mph. Large oaks were bending with the winds. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newburn | - | Power lines were down due to blown down trees. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Newburn | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Q122593372 | The 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 295489. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.