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Springville, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32055. The Survey maps it on the White Springs West quadrangle.

Springville within Columbia County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Springville, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Springville, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

243 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 243 fires within 5 miles of Springville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 959 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 3 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 burning81
Railroad operations and maintenance51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Equipment and vehicle use29
Natural20
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
8 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service100TH WAY (24-06)
5 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWOODPECKER (24-06)
13 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service61- MT. OLIVE -1131/NOV
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Springville: 1 plant, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
White Springs DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1967
White Springs Phos-Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant

Every working recorded in Columbia 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
Suwannee Valley3.0 miles9
Winfield4.6 miles9
Lacymark8.2 miles8
Five Points8.8 miles8
Miltons Campground Number 19.0 miles8
Deep Creek9.3 miles11
Lake City9.7 miles8
Halpata (historical)10.2 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295644. 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.