Sinai, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sneads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32460. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sneads quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
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.
- 1954 USGS Sneads quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Sneads quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Sneads quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
119 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Sinai between 1992 and 2019, burning about 548 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 28 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 73 acres | Florida Forest Service | BLUEBERRY DRIVE (32) |
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | KAVA DR (32) |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 32/HOME FRONT RD-0866 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sinai: 4 producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glf Construction Corp. - Glf Borrow Pit Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Jackson Co. Bd of Co. Comm. - State Mine | Sand, Clay | Unknown | Clay, Sand | |
| Radcliff Mat. Inc.(Chattahoochee Plant) | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Chattahoochee Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Dravo Basic Materials - Chattahoochee Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Norman Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Ls. Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Ls. Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yamassee (historical) | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Tamathli (historical) | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Osochi (historical) | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ocheesee Gardens | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sneads | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Inwood | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Shady Grove | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hyhappo (historical) | 5.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295628. 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.







