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Star, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cypress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32448. The Survey maps it on the Oakdale quadrangle.

Star within Jackson County

Then and now

1952 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Star, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Star, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 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

164 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Star between 1992 and 2020, burning about 785 acres in total. 12 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 burning59
Equipment and vehicle use27
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural12
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/OLD SPANISH TRAIL-0515
9 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMILE MARKER 144 (32)
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceELLENORA LN (32)
23 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMM145 EAST (32)
22 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBUSH LOOP (32)
17 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service32/MILL ST -0533
17 September 1999Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Star: 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, 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
Panhandle Paving and Grading - Spring Cem. PitClay, Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone, Clay
Rocky Creek MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dot Marianna - Hinson MineSandUnknownSand
Harrison Consruction - Mac's Dirt MineSandUnknown
Jackson Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - East Landfill MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Star in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 5 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 2011Thunderstorm WindStar$4,000Several trees were blown down across the eastern part of the county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindStar-A tree was blown down at 2544 Douglas Pond Road.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindStar-A tree was blown down across half of Rocky Creek Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindStar-A tree was blown down on Chester Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindStar-Trees were blown down on Bridge Creek Road and Old Spanish Trail.

Every storm 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
Oakdale2.6 miles13
Simsville3.2 miles13
Cypress3.3 miles13
Mallory Heights4.1 miles14
Rock Creek4.7 miles13
Marianna6.2 miles14
Grand Ridge6.2 miles13
Sink Creek6.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300066. 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.