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Rambo, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Graceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32426. The Survey maps it on the Campbellton quadrangle.

Rambo within Jackson County

Then and now

1952 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 36 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rambo, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Rambo, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

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

100 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Rambo between 1993 and 2020, burning about 668 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Smoking8
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3

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
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service32/PINE WOODS RD
21 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePARKVIEW RD 1308 (32)
16 September 1999Debris and open burning20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
11 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSHILOH CHURCH LOOP (32)
22 August 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service725
18 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rambo: 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. 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.

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Ellaville2.1 miles14
Campbellton3.3 miles14
Browntown3.5 miles14
Graceville6.6 miles15
Jacobs7.0 miles14
Collins Mill7.1 miles15
Sills7.3 miles14
Oktahatko (historical)8.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295566. 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.