Osowaw Junction, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the North Okeechobee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34972. It stands on Parker Slough. The Survey maps it on the Fort Drum quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 35 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
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS Fort Drum quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Vero Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Vero Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
250 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Osowaw Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,886 acres in total. 80 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 80 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NORTH TELEPHONE POLE (47) |
| 8 September 2020 | Natural | 4.4 acres | Florida Forest Service | FIELD (47) |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (OK) BREAKOUT FIRE (1511) |
| 28 September 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (OK) HAMMOCK (1501) |
| 27 September 2006 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | (OK) BLOW DOWN (1497) |
| 26 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 90 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Osowaw Junction: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rucks Shell and Trucking - Rucks Pit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Limestone |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Drum | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Eagle Island | 9.5 miles | 13 | |
| Hilolo | 9.6 miles | 13 | |
| Basinger | 15.7 miles | 13 | |
| Fort Kissimmee | 17.3 miles | 15 | |
| Dixie Ranch Acres | 18.1 miles | 13 | |
| Basswood Estates | 20.8 miles | 14 | |
| Whispering Pines | 20.8 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Osowaw Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24260939 | 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 295517. 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.






