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Sandy Point, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Branford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32008. The Survey maps it on the Hildreth quadrangle.

Sandy Point within Suwannee County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sandy Point, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Sandy Point, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 504 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning35
Railroad operations and maintenance28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural6
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
26 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service45TH RD (61)
25 September 2019Recreation and ceremony2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNW 101ST(21)
19 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Service34 - CANOE FIRE #0474
11 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 1993Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service73RD TRAIL(21)
22 July 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service04-61-NOV ILLEGAL BURN-1029
19 July 1992Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Suwannee County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sandy Point: 5 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Mulkey PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Anderson Mining - Lanier / Branford QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Gilchrist Co. Board of Co. Comm. - Townsend MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
H.R. Ellington Constr. - Suwannee MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hatch Enterprises - Hatch QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Suwannee Co. Rd. Dept. - County Pit.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Tim-Prat - Tim-Prat's MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Suwannee 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
Wachitokha (historical)3.4 miles10
Hildreth4.4 miles11
River Run Campground4.7 miles11
Branford4.8 miles10
Beachville6.1 miles11
O'Brien9.8 miles9
McAlpin16.5 miles9
Pine Mount18.1 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295597. 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.