Simmons Crossing, 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. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the McLellan quadrangle.
Then and now
1948 to 1978The 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 sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1948 USGS Munson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Munson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Mc Lellan quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS McLellan quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
180 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Simmons Crossing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,441 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 46 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 use | 56 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 9.4 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.6 acres | Florida Forest Service | 57-FRIENDSHIP RD FIRE-0837 |
| 12 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HWY 191 - 1498 |
| 2 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | JAMES JERNIGAN RD (57) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Simmons Crossing: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berrydale | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Fidelis | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Whitfield | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Sellersville | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Munson | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| McLellan | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Santa Maria | 7.3 miles | 12 | |
| Belandville | 7.7 miles | 12 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122569466 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295626. 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.







