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Sapp, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Macclenny census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32040. The Survey maps it on the Manning quadrangle.

Sapp within Baker County

Then and now

1918 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sapp, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Sapp, surveyed 1918

Compare 1918 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

166 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Sapp between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,264 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 18 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
Equipment and vehicle use66
Natural26
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Debris and open burning14
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
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
5 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLEX JONES RD (02)
21 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCLET HARVEY RD (02)
21 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03-04-NW 261ST FIRE-1302
19 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 199 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 199 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sapp between 1897 and 1975: 81 Animalia, 67 Plantae, 51 Fungi. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. H. Antonie, A. H. Curtiss, A.E. Daugherty and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Coleosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt.Coleosporium vernoniae Berk. & Curt.1909W.T. SwingleGlen St. Mary
Specimen of Bombus impatiens Cresson, 1863Bombus impatiens Cresson, 18631914H. HumeGlen Saint Mary
Specimen of Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 1841Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 18411914not recordedGlen Saint Mary
Ludwigia linearis Walter1897A. H. CurtissMcClenny.
Schizachyrium tenerum Nees1897A. H. CurtissMcClenny.
Scleria distans Poir.1897A. H. CurtissNear Maclenny, Fla.
Rorippa teres (Michx.) Stuckey1899L. H. LighthipeLow grounds, Glen St. Mary.
A photograph of the species Elsinoe fawcettii, not of this specimenElsinoe fawcettii Bitanc. & Jenkins1904Rolfs P. H.Glen St. Mary
Coniothecium Corda, 18331905Webber H. J.Glen St. Mary
Cladosporium caryigenum (Ellis & Langl.) Gottwald1907Orton W. A.Glen St. Mary
A photograph of the species Coleosporium carneum, not of this specimenColeosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.1909W.T. SwingleGlen St. Mary
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (Penz.) Penz. & Sacc.1909W. T. SwingleGlen St. Mary

All 199 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this place

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sapp in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2014Tornado (EF0)Sapp$15,000A convergent track of tree damage occurred from Boyce Road to Steed Road in Glen St. Mary. Several trees were snapped and uprooted, and one shed was destroyed and damage was done to a carport. Power lines were damaged. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for Storm Data.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSapp$1,000Trees and power lines were blown down along Country Estates Ct.
August 2020Heavy RainSapp-A tree fell across State Road 121 just north of the county line. Cause appears to be rainfall related since root system gave way and storms were not reported in the area.
December 2020Thunderstorm WindSapp-A tree was blown down across State Road 121 near the Baker-Union county line.

Every storm recorded in Baker 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
Manning2.0 miles12
Steckert5.4 miles12
Bessent6.3 miles13
LaBuena8.0 miles13
Margaretta8.4 miles14
Sanderson8.6 miles9
Pine Top8.7 miles14
McPherson8.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295599. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.