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Springside, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Interlachen-Florahome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32177. It stands on Little Rice Creek. The Survey maps it on the Palatka quadrangle.

Springside within Putnam County

Then and now

1912 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Springside, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Springside, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

276 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Springside between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,545 acres in total. 78 started naturally. 21 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
Natural78
Equipment and vehicle use58
Railroad operations and maintenance32
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism21
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes2
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2013Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRICE CREEK(54)
25 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2003-08-1095 PUTNAM
17 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Service309C (54)
12 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/JOHNS RD FIRE
12 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/WILLIAM FIRE
11 September 2007Natural2.5 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/PLUM FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Springside: 1 past producer. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Palatka MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

1 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Springside in 1 storm report in 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSpringside-A tree was blown down and blocked the intersection of Bardin Road and State Road 100 near Palatka. The time of damage was based on radar.

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Springside Park0.6 miles17
Bardin2.8 miles17
Francis2.8 miles17
Pecan3.2 miles17
Rice Creek3.3 miles17
Peniel4.2 miles17
Carraway4.5 miles21
Palatka4.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295643. 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.