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Sellersville, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Berrydale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32565. The Survey maps it on the McLellan quadrangle.

Sellersville within Santa Rosa County

Then and now

1948 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sellersville, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Sellersville, surveyed 1948

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

143 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Sellersville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,709 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 40 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
Arson/incendiarism40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use23
Debris and open burning22
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 1997Debris and open burning40 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service57-191 FIRE-0845
24 September 2010Arson/incendiarism15 acresFlorida Forest Service57 - CAMP LOWERY ROAD FIRE - 0844
18 September 1997Arson/incendiarism20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2013Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceJOSHUA LANE (57)
13 September 2013Arson/incendiarism10 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20130913-001
13 September 2013Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20130913-002
13 September 2013Arson/incendiarism16 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionSWR-20130913-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Rosa 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
McLellan2.2 miles13
Belandville4.3 miles12
Simmons Crossing5.7 miles13
Santa Maria5.7 miles12
Fidelis6.4 miles14
Berrydale7.8 miles14
Munson9.7 miles14
Whitfield10.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295609. 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.