Sargent, Florida
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sanderson census division. It lies near Long Island. The Survey maps it on the Sargent quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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 Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Sargent quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Sargent quadrangle1:24000
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Sargent quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Sargent between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,510 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 7 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 | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | STATE ROAD 2 |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | 32 acres | Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge | GA-6 (HUCKLEBERRY) |
| 7 August 2014 | Natural | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-CLINCH-008 |
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | 962 acres | National Forests in Florida | TRAVELLERS REST |
| 6 July 2011 | Natural | 5.7 acres | National Forests in Florida | 295 |
| 5 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | JACOBS |
| 27 July 2020 | Natural | 6.3 acres | National Forests in Florida | 280 |
| 27 July 2006 | Natural | 3.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 19 specimens collected within 10 miles of Sargent between 1913 and 1975: 19 Animalia. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by C. Gilbert, E. Holt, F. N. Young 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contracaecum spiculigerum (Rudolphi, 1809) Railliet & Henry, 1912 | 1913 | E. Holt | Long Island | |
| Coptotomus interrogatus (Fabricius, 1801) | 1960 | F. N. Young | Eddy | |
| Gyrinidae | 1964 | M. N. Kaiser | Okefenokee Swamp | |
![]() | Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792 | 1966 | not recorded | Big Bend |
| Centrarchus macropterus (Lacepède, 1801) | 1968 | L.M. Page & R.T. Schaaf | Okefenokee Swamp, 5 mi NW Baxter | |
| Elassoma evergladei Jordan, 1884 | 1968 | L.M. Page & R.T. Schaaf | Okefenokee Swamp, 5 mi NW Baxter | |
| Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook, 1855) | 1968 | L.M. Page & R.T. Schaaf | Okefenokee Swamp, 5 mi NW Baxter | |
| Enneacanthus obesus (Girard, 1854) | 1968 | L.M. Page & R.T. Schaaf | Okefenokee Swamp, 5 mi NW Baxter | |
![]() | Esox Linnaeus, 1758 | 1968 | L.M. Page & R.T. Schaaf | Okefenokee Swamp, 5 mi NW Baxter |
| Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853) | 1968 | L.M. Page & R.T. Schaaf | Okefenokee Swamp, 5 mi NW Baxter | |
| Leptolucania ommata (Jordan, 1884) | 1968 | L.M. Page & R.T. Schaaf | Okefenokee Swamp, 5 mi NW Baxter | |
| Regina rigida rigida | 1971 | Roe, Thomas W.; Crawford, John | Florida Highway 94; 10.3 miles West of Georgia / Florida state line |
All 19 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sargent: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker County Deposit #1 | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Water, Free | Occurrence | 1965 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eddy | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Baxter | 11.2 miles | 11 | |
| Taylor | 11.8 miles | 10 | |
| Kenny | 18.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sanderson | 23.7 miles | 9 | |
| Margaretta | 24.0 miles | 14 | |
| Manns Spur | 24.1 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Top | 24.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295601. 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.
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.








