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Saxton, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lawtey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32058. The Survey maps it on the Lawtey quadrangle.

Saxton within Bradford 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 Saxton, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Saxton, surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

406 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 406 fires within 5 miles of Saxton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,774 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 43 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 use93
Railroad operations and maintenance80
Debris and open burning75
Arson/incendiarism43
Natural41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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 1994Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCOUNTY ROAD 229 (04)
3 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use25 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSR 16 NW (04)
24 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNW 55TH AVE (04)
24 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03-04-84TH AVE.FIRE-1227

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bradford County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Saxton: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 plant. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Kyanite, Titanium, Zirconium, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum. 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
Highland DepositTitanium, Metal, Zirconium, KyaniteProducer1946, 1949, 1986
Highland DepositIron, Magnesite, Uranium, AluminumPast Producer1946, 1949, 1989
Highland OperationTitanium, Zirconium, AluminumPast Producer1946, 1955
Trail RidgeZirconium, TitaniumProducer1946, 1949
Trail Ridge PlacerTitanium-IlmeniteProducerKyanite, Zircon, Rutile, Leucoxene
Trail Ridge ConcentratorKyanite, Titanium, Zirconium, AluminumPlant

Every working recorded in Bradford 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
Lawtey2.3 miles15
Heilbronn3.6 miles13
Pleasant Grove4.1 miles16
Starke4.9 miles17
Sampson9.3 miles16
New River10.3 miles11
Hampton10.5 miles15
Hampton Beach10.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295602. 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.