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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.

Stern within Madison County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Stern, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Stern, surveyed 1954

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.

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

112 since 1992

Regional 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 burning33
Equipment and vehicle use29
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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 2014Other causesunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHONEY LAKE (40)
6 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMILE MARKER 241 (40)
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service238 MILE MARKER (40)
23 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWHITE WING DOVE SWAMP (40)
16 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2011Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOSLO (40)
10 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service40-0178 MACEDONIA FIRE/NOV

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison 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
Greenville0.6 miles9
New Mikasuki (historical)1.2 miles9
Reams1.5 miles9
Ahosulga (historical)3.2 miles9
Spray3.4 miles8
Toponanaulka (historical)4.1 miles9
Dennet5.1 miles8
San Juan Ospalaga (historical)5.6 miles7

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.