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Nubbin Ridge, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32531. The Survey maps it on the Baker quadrangle.

Nubbin Ridge within Okaloosa County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nubbin Ridge, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Nubbin Ridge, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

159 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Nubbin Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,274 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 13 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 burning46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Railroad operations and maintenance30
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Other causes4
Natural4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
30 September 1993Debris and open burning1.6 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHOE FIRE - 1117
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresEglin Air Force BasePINCH
20 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSMALL FIRE. - 1083
7 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGATOR HOLE FIRE-1011
3 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDAIRY ROAD (46)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa 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
Cannon Town1.0 miles13
Baker3.0 miles13
Clear Springs6.0 miles14
Blackman6.1 miles14
Beaver Creek6.2 miles12
Milligan6.3 miles13
Peaden6.8 miles13
Silver Springs6.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294868. 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.