San Marcos, 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 First Branch. The Survey maps it on the Saint Marks quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

San Marcos 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 San Marcos (historical), surveyed 1988

Topographic sheet of San Marcos (historical), surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

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.

1954 USGS St Marks quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS St. Marks quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
1982 USGS St Marks quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS St. Marks quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of San Marcos (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,600 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 6 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
Natural	23
Railroad operations and maintenance	22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20
Debris and open burning	20
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Arson/incendiarism	6
Other causes	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Recreation and ceremony	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
6 September 1997	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
30 September 1993	Railroad operations and maintenance	5.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
20 September 2001	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
15 September 2010	Natural	under an acre	St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge	QUAIL FIRE
8 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge	STRICKLAND FIRE
3 August 1999	Natural	1.4 acres	St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge	HOLDINGPEN
27 August 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
23 August 1993	Natural	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

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 San Marcos (historical): 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Peavy and Son, Inc. - Hannon Mine	Limestone, General	Unknown	Limestone

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Saint Marks	1.6 miles	14
Shell Island	1.6 miles	14
Newport	2.2 miles	14
Hyde Park	2.6 miles	14
Wakulla	3.8 miles	14
Port Leon	3.8 miles	14
Plum Orchard	4.3 miles	14
Wakulla Gardens	4.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294489. 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.