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Richloam, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Ridge Manor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33597. The Survey maps it on the Webster quadrangle.

Richloam within Hernando County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Richloam, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Richloam, surveyed 1955

On record in Richloam

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

184 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Richloam between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,397 acres in total. 53 started naturally. 44 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
Natural53
Arson/incendiarism44
Equipment and vehicle use35
Debris and open burning18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1

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
27 August 1999Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 1996Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceROCK PILE (27)
8 July 2000Natural26 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2006Natural16 acresFlorida Forest Service60/PRICE ROAD FIRE/0821
21 July 2007Natural35 acresFlorida Forest Service27/TALL GRASS/0899
21 July 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service60/TERRY TOWN FIRE/0799

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hernando County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Richloam: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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
Ridge Manor MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
E R Jahna Industries, Inc. - Mills MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
E.R. Jahna - Mills MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Hernando County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Richloam in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2018Thunderstorm WindRichloam$1,000Local law enforcement reported a few trees down across potions of State Road 50 causing the road to be briefly closed.

Every storm recorded in Hernando 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
Kalon2.4 miles14
Dutton Still2.4 miles12
Alderman2.9 miles12
Ridge Manor3.1 miles14
Talisman3.4 miles12
Terrell4.9 miles14
Rerdell5.1 miles14
Rital5.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295575. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.