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Spring Creek, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32327. It lies near Alligator Island. The Survey maps it on the Spring Creek quadrangle.

Spring Creek within Wakulla County

Then and now

1940 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Spring Creek, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Spring Creek, surveyed 1940

Compare 1940 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Spring Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 465 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning29
Natural15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes3
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
24 September 2014Natural1.3 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugePURIFY BAY FIRE
20 August 1993Natural7.0 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeJOE
2 August 1999Debris and open burning2.6 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeBOTTOMS
12 August 2006Fireworksunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaLOBSTER
8 July 2007Debris and open burning53 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeSMITH ROAD FIRE
5 July 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeCLARK
4 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeSPALDING FIRE
4 July 1998Natural90 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeSHELLPOINT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wakulla 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 Spring Creek: 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Limestone, General. 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
Cannon Limestone - Moccasin Dip MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Lost Creek Land Development - 98 MineSandUnknown
Panacea PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wakulla PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wakulla County

Storms near this place

9 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Creek in 9 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2023Thunderstorm WindSpring Creek$50,000A tree blew down onto a house.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindSpring Creek$10,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. Damage photos from this region supported 85-90 mph straight line wind gusts.
August 1995HailSpring Creek$1,000Public and off-duty NWS personnel reported hail, large trees, and power lines down.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindSpring Creek$300no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindSpring Creek-A tree was blown down on Spring Creek Highway at I K Porter Road.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindSpring Creek-An Ambient weather station measured a gust of 65 mph.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindSpring Creek-An Ambient weather station measured a wind gust of 72 mph.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindSpring Creek-A wind gust of 73 mph was measured by wunderground site KFLCRAWF16.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindSpring Creek-A tree was blown down along Shell Point Road and Spring Creek Highway.

Every storm recorded in Wakulla 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
Skipper2.8 miles14
Live Oak Island3.0 miles14
Medart3.2 miles14
Tully3.3 miles14
Wakulla Beach4.1 miles14
Panacea4.4 miles14
Mount Pleasant5.2 miles14
Panacea Park5.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306435. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.