Stern, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32331. The Survey maps it on the Greenville quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
On record in Stern
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bishop-Andrews Hotellisted 1990 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Greenville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Stern between 1992 and 2020, burning about 322 acres in total. 4 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 burning | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Other causes | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HONEY LAKE (40) |
| 6 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MILE MARKER 241 (40) |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 238 MILE MARKER (40) |
| 23 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WHITE WING DOVE SWAMP (40) |
| 16 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | OSLO (40) |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 40-0178 MACEDONIA FIRE/NOV |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | 0.6 miles | 9 | |
| New Mikasuki (historical) | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Reams | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Ahosulga (historical) | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Spray | 3.4 miles | 8 | |
| Toponanaulka (historical) | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Dennet | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| San Juan Ospalaga (historical) | 5.6 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 302749. 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.




