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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.

Osowaw Junction within Okeechobee County

Then and now

1953 to 1988

The 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 sheet of Osowaw Junction, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Osowaw Junction, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

250 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Debris and open burning36
Equipment and vehicle use30
Railroad operations and maintenance29
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Arson/incendiarism11
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNORTH TELEPHONE POLE (47)
8 September 2020Natural4.4 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFIELD (47)
6 September 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(OK) BREAKOUT FIRE (1511)
28 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(OK) HAMMOCK (1501)
27 September 2006Natural3.5 acresFlorida Forest Service(OK) BLOW DOWN (1497)
26 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use90 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okeechobee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Rucks Shell and Trucking - Rucks PitLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Okeechobee 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
Fort Drum3.9 miles14
Eagle Island9.5 miles13
Hilolo9.6 miles13
Basinger15.7 miles13
Fort Kissimmee17.3 miles15
Dixie Ranch Acres18.1 miles13
Basswood Estates20.8 miles14
Whispering Pines20.8 miles14

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 JunctionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q24260939The 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.