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Rollestown, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Palatka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32177. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hastings quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rollestown within Putnam County

Then and now

1912 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rollestown (historical), surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Rollestown (historical), surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

147 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Rollestown (historical) between 1993 and 2020, burning about 553 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 17 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
Natural38
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism17
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking1

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
16 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWASTE WATER (54)
6 August 2006Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/HONEY STAND FIRE
5 August 2006Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/HUNGRY FIRE
29 August 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 2006Natural35 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/YELVINGTON RD FIRE
18 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOAK HAVEN RD (54)
16 August 2011Natural2.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCRACKER SWAMP(54)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rollestown (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Palatka MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Putnam 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
East Palatka1.7 miles16
San Mateo2.0 miles16
Palatka2.3 miles17
Lundy2.7 miles17
Orange Mills3.8 miles16
Patersonville3.9 miles16
Yelvington4.0 miles16
Sutherlands Still4.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294490. 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.