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Sampson, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hampton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32091. The Survey maps it on the Sampson quadrangle.

Sampson within Bradford County

Then and now

1941 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sampson, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Sampson, surveyed 1941

Compare 1941 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

201 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Sampson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,482 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 43 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
Arson/incendiarism43
Debris and open burning39
Equipment and vehicle use33
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes2
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
5 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service168TH (04)
22 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDEER FOOT TRAIL (04)
18 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service18 PILE (04)
1 September 1997Natural49 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bradford 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 Sampson: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum. 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
Container CorporationPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, AluminumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bradford 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
Clayno2.3 miles11
Hampton Beach3.8 miles15
Graham3.9 miles15
New River4.3 miles11
Pleasant Grove5.3 miles16
Hampton5.4 miles15
Starke5.5 miles17
Brooker6.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290457. 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.