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Peaden, 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. It stands on Big Horse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oak Grove quadrangle.

Peaden 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 Peaden, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Peaden, 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Peaden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,242 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 12 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 burning39
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking7
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBILL LUNDY FIRE-1146
26 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1996Arson/incendiarism24 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service46-NANA'S FIRE - 0906
15 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFOX PEN (46)
13 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSMALL FIRE. - 1083
3 July 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceJOSEY (46)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa 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 Peaden: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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
Dot Defuniak Springs - Bill Lundy MineSandUnknown

Every working 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
Oak Grove1.4 miles13
Clear Springs2.5 miles14
Blackman3.1 miles14
Campton4.2 miles14
Escambia Farms4.3 miles14
Good Hope4.9 miles14
Okaloo5.2 miles13
Garden City5.9 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.

Wikidata item Q122566564The 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 306206. 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.