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Rawls, Florida

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32052. The Survey maps it on the Jasper quadrangle.

Rawls within Hamilton County

Then and now

1954 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rawls, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Rawls, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

217 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 217 fires within 5 miles of Rawls between 1992 and 2020, burning about 927 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 25 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 burning63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Arson/incendiarism25
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Recreation and ceremony5
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
3 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Service04-24-MYERS FIRE-1238
28 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNW 13 ST (24-04)
21 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service4TH ST (24-04)
17 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service24-4 WHEELER FIRE-1155
17 September 1999Debris and open burning15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service129 (04-24)
13 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service42ND DR (24-4)
7 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service110TH DR (24-4)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rawls: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free. 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
Gary DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, FreeOccurrence
Joseph R. Brady - Brady Sand MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Hamilton 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
Jasper2.6 miles8
Bakers Mill3.0 miles8
Avoca3.3 miles8
Kennedy Still4.8 miles8
Alapaha (historical)5.2 miles8
Hillcoat6.4 miles8
Adams6.8 miles9
Jennings7.4 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295568. 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.