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Rattlesnake Bend, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Middleburg-Clay Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32068. It stands on Grog Branch. The Survey maps it on the Middleburg quadrangle.

Rattlesnake Bend within Clay County

Then and now

1918 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rattlesnake Bend, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Rattlesnake Bend, surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

309 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 309 fires within 5 miles of Rattlesnake Bend between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,140 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 42 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 maintenance87
Debris and open burning49
Arson/incendiarism42
Misuse of fire by a minor38
Equipment and vehicle use30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Natural22
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking2
Fireworks2

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
3 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 1996Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service10 TUMBLEWEED 2 2008-07-0437
11 August 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service10 TUMBLEWEED 2008-07-0432
8 July 2014Natural36 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLUE JAY 2 (10)
7 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMINK ROAD FIRE 2004-07-0235
7 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2004-07-0238

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Rattlesnake Bend: 7 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Russell MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Russell MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Hole No 19 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 22 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 24 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 33 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 36 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 42 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 53 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Middleburg Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Rideout1.2 miles21
Black Creek (historical)2.0 miles21
Middleburg2.4 miles21
Doctors Inlet2.9 miles21
Asbury Lake3.1 miles21
Peoria Siding3.4 miles21
Ridgewood3.9 miles24
Lakeside4.1 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307154. 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.