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Sugar Junction, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Clewiston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33440. The Survey maps it on the Clewiston South quadrangle.

Sugar Junction within Hendry County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sugar Junction, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Sugar Junction, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Sugar Junction between 1997 and 2019, burning about 3,124 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
27 May 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 May 2008Arson/incendiarism2,756 acresFlorida Forest Service(GL) GRASSY ISLAND (320)
24 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined65 acresFlorida Forest Service26/835 AND HOOKERS POINTE
22 April 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceTHE HAMILTON FIRE
20 April 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service819
9 March 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 March 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 March 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCROOKED HOOK COMMAND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hendry County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Sugar Junction: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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
Roland & Swindle Rock PitCalciumPast Producer
Mec Rock PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ridgill and Son MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ridgdill & Son, Inc. - Ridgdill #4SandProducer
Ridgdill & Son, Inc. - Ridgdill #6SandProducer
Ridgdill & Son, Inc. - Ridgdill #7SandProducer

Every working recorded in Hendry 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
Hooker Point0.3 miles11
Clewiston1.4 miles12
Harlem1.6 miles11
South Clewiston2.1 miles11
Sugarton2.9 miles12
Whidden Corner8.6 miles11
Sears24.9 miles12
Port LaBelle25.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294936. 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.