Slade, Florida
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Live Oak census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32064. The Survey maps it on the Live Oak East quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Slade
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bishop B. Blackwell Houselisted 1985 · 0.8 miles away
George Allison Houselisted 1995 · 0.8 miles away
Suwannee County Courthouselisted 1998 · 0.8 miles away
Union Depot and Atlantic Coast Line Freight Stationlisted 1986 · 1.0 miles away
Old Live Oak City Halllisted 1986 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Live Oak East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
305 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 305 fires within 5 miles of Slade between 1992 and 2020, burning about 927 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 9 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 | 79 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 79 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 06-12-136 FIRE-0885 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HWY 51 (61) |
| 30 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 04-61-SNAG FIRE-1251 |
| 30 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GUARDRAIL (04-61) |
| 18 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 61-THOMAS FIRE-1150 |
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 Slade: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suwannee Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301620. 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.




