Pinesville, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Newberry-Archer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32618. The Survey maps it on the Archer quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 27 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
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Archer quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
200 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Pinesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 651 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 6 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 maintenance | 68 |
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 2018 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2018-08-0288(01) |
| 9 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 930 |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/HAYFIELD FIRE/0894 |
| 14 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | FLYING 10/1 (1) |
| 9 August 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/TWO TREE FIRE |
| 31 August 2003 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-08-1065 |
| 26 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 2,835 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,835 specimens collected within 10 miles of Pinesville between 1860 and 1975: 1,312 Animalia, 740 Fungi, 632 Protozoa, 130 Plantae, 12 Unrecorded, 9 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A Chable & W McLane, A. H. Hardistry and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Piezobria Forster, 1869 | 1882 | [Not Stated] | Archer |
![]() | Satronia tantilla Heinrich, 1926 | 1882 | [Not Stated] | Archer |
![]() | Xylonomus Gravenhorst, 1829 | 1882 | [Not Stated] | Archer |
![]() | Myotis austroriparius (Rhoads, 1897) | 1860 | unknown | Gainesville, 10 mi. W |
![]() | Agrotis malefida Guenée, 1852 | 1882 | Lugger, O. | Archer |
![]() | Aulonothroscus schwarzi Blanchard, 1917 | 1882 | M. Hubbard & Schwarz | Archer |
![]() | Elophila Hübner, 1822 | 1882 | A. Koebele | Archer |
![]() | Hylephila phyleus (Drury, 1773) | 1882 | not recorded | Archer |
![]() | Sigela penumbrata Hulst, 1896 | 1882 | Koebele | Archer |
![]() | Xylophanes tersa Linnaeus, 1771 | 1882 | not recorded | Archer |
![]() | Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1885 | M. Martin | FLORIDA: Alachua County; Archer |
![]() | Butorides virescens (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1885 | M. Martin | FLORIDA: Alachua County; Archer |
All 2,835 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
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 Pinesville: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| V. E. Whitehurst & Sons, Inc. - Archer Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Half Moon | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Peach Orchard | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Archer | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Jonesville | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Kanapaha | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Shannon Wood | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Arredondo Estates | 5.8 miles | 19 | |
| Newberry | 6.0 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294889. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.
















