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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.

Sinai within Jackson County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Sinai, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sinai, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

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

119 since 1992

Regional 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 burning40
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes2
Natural2

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
9 September 1997Recreation and ceremony28 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burning73 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLUEBERRY DRIVE (32)
20 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceKAVA DR (32)
19 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2002Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/HOME FRONT RD-0866

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Glf Construction Corp. - Glf Borrow Pit MineSandUnknown
Jackson Co. Bd of Co. Comm. - State MineSand, ClayUnknownClay, Sand
Radcliff Mat. Inc.(Chattahoochee Plant)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Chattahoochee PitClayProducer
Dravo Basic Materials - Chattahoochee DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand and Gravel
Norman DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed Ls. ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unnamed Ls. ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Yamassee (historical)2.1 miles13
Tamathli (historical)2.7 miles13
Osochi (historical)2.9 miles13
Ocheesee Gardens3.2 miles13
Sneads3.3 miles13
Inwood4.3 miles13
Shady Grove4.6 miles13
Hyhappo (historical)5.3 miles12

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.