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Rock Creek, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cypress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32448. It stands on Rocky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oakdale quadrangle.

Rock Creek within Jackson County

Then and now

1952 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rock Creek, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Rock Creek, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

113 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Rock Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 543 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 5 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 burning41
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
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
9 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMILE MARKER 144 (32)
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceELLENORA LN (32)
23 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMM145 EAST (32)
22 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBUSH LOOP (32)
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Rock Creek: 4 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dolomite, Inc. - Rocky CreekDolomiteProducerLimestone
Dot Marianna - Hinson MineSandUnknownSand
Rocky Creek MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Ls ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Dixie Lime Products - Sink CreekLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Green Valley Lime Company, Inc. - Sink Creek MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
North Florida Rock, L.P. - Marianna MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Sink Creek MineLimestone, GeneralProducer

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
Sink Creek2.1 miles13
Simsville2.1 miles13
Alliance3.8 miles13
Oakdale4.3 miles13
Star4.7 miles13
Cypress6.2 miles13
Mallory Heights7.7 miles14
Grand Ridge8.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295582. 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.