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Norum, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32462. It stands on Fanning Branch. The Survey maps it on the Millers Ferry quadrangle.

Norum within Washington County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Norum, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Norum, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Norum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 604 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
Railroad operations and maintenance24
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service67/2 MOSS HILL ROAD
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service67/1 MOSS HILL ROAD
15 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2002Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service67/WARD PLACE-0472
14 July 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service67/CREEK ROAD-0458
12 July 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWILDERNESS ROAD (67)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington 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 Norum: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vernon Brick Co DepositClayPast Producer
Washington Co. Comm. - Beverett MineClayUnknown
Washington Co. Comm. - Ward MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Holmes Valley1.7 miles14
Vernon3.0 miles14
New Hope3.0 miles13
Sylvania4.6 miles14
Millers Ferry4.9 miles13
Live Oak5.8 miles13
Hinsons Crossroads6.6 miles13
Macom6.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301623. 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.