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Silver Springs, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Crestview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32536. It stands on Pump Branch. The Survey maps it on the Crestview North quadrangle.

Silver Springs within Okaloosa County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Silver Springs, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Silver Springs, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

224 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Silver Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,112 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 24 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
Railroad operations and maintenance58
Debris and open burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking9
Natural5
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1996Arson/incendiarism24 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2004Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceVICTORY LANE FIRE-1101
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.6 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINEWOODS DRIVE (46)
14 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Silver Springs: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Okaloosa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sasser D Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Aultman Sand & Material - Aultman #1 MineSandUnknown
Dot Defuniak Springs - Bill Lundy MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Okaloosa 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
Auburn1.2 miles14
Garden City2.1 miles14
Crestview3.2 miles14
Clear Springs4.7 miles14
Campton5.0 miles14
Milligan6.0 miles13
Killingsworth Crossroads6.3 miles13
Baker6.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294925. 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.