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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.

Sargent within Baker County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The 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 sheet of Sargent, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sargent, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 8 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

38 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural22
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Debris and open burning1

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
22 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaSTATE ROAD 2
8 August 2006Natural32 acresOkefenokee National Wildlife RefugeGA-6 (HUCKLEBERRY)
7 August 2014Natural13 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-CLINCH-008
20 August 1993Natural962 acresNational Forests in FloridaTRAVELLERS REST
6 July 2011Natural5.7 acresNational Forests in Florida295
5 July 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaJACOBS
27 July 2020Natural6.3 acresNational Forests in Florida280
27 July 2006Natural3.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baker County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 19 shown

Regional 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Contracaecum spiculigerum (Rudolphi, 1809) Railliet & Henry, 19121913E. HoltLong Island
Coptotomus interrogatus (Fabricius, 1801)1960F. N. YoungEddy
Gyrinidae1964M. N. KaiserOkefenokee Swamp
A photograph of the species Didelphis virginiana, not of this specimenDidelphis virginiana Kerr, 17921966not recordedBig Bend
Centrarchus macropterus (Lacepède, 1801)1968L.M. Page & R.T. SchaafOkefenokee Swamp, 5 mi NW Baxter
Elassoma evergladei Jordan, 18841968L.M. Page & R.T. SchaafOkefenokee Swamp, 5 mi NW Baxter
Enneacanthus gloriosus (Holbrook, 1855)1968L.M. Page & R.T. SchaafOkefenokee Swamp, 5 mi NW Baxter
Enneacanthus obesus (Girard, 1854)1968L.M. Page & R.T. SchaafOkefenokee Swamp, 5 mi NW Baxter
A photograph of the species Esox Linnaeus, not of this specimenEsox Linnaeus, 17581968L.M. Page & R.T. SchaafOkefenokee Swamp, 5 mi NW Baxter
Gambusia affinis (Baird & Girard, 1853)1968L.M. Page & R.T. SchaafOkefenokee Swamp, 5 mi NW Baxter
Leptolucania ommata (Jordan, 1884)1968L.M. Page & R.T. SchaafOkefenokee Swamp, 5 mi NW Baxter
Regina rigida rigida1971Roe, Thomas W.; Crawford, JohnFlorida 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 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Baker County Deposit #1Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Water, FreeOccurrence1965

Every working 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
Eddy5.2 miles9
Baxter11.2 miles11
Taylor11.8 miles10
Kenny18.0 miles14
Sanderson23.7 miles9
Margaretta24.0 miles14
Manns Spur24.1 miles9
Pine Top24.6 miles14

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.