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Saint Marks, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32355. It stands on Rattlesnake Branch. The Survey maps it on the Saint Marks quadrangle. 274 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Saint Marks within Wakulla County

Then and now

1954 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Saint Marks, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Saint Marks, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

On record in Saint Marks

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 2 records

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

Population over time

3 figures

Saint Marks grew from 272 to 274 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2000272
2010293+21 (+8%)
2020274-19 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

94 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Saint Marks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,515 acres in total. 22 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
Natural22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Other causes5
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
30 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2010Naturalunder an acreSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeQUAIL FIRE
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeSTRICKLAND FIRE
3 August 1999Natural1.4 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeHOLDINGPEN
27 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1993Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Natural30 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeMARCIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wakulla 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 Saint Marks: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Peavy and Son, Inc. - Hannon MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone

Every working recorded in Wakulla 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
Shell Island0.6 miles14
San Marcos (historical)1.6 miles14
Port Leon2.2 miles14
Newport3.0 miles14
Hyde Park3.0 miles14
Plum Orchard3.2 miles14
Wakulla Beach4.5 miles14
Wakulla5.4 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Saint MarksAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2155287The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290282. 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.