Suwanee Old Town, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It lies in ZIP code area 32693. The Survey maps it on the Fanning Springs quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The 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.


On record in Suwanee Old Town
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.
CITY OF HAWKINSVILLE (shipwreck)listed 2001 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Fanning Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Suwannee River quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
237 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Suwanee Old Town (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 568 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 31 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DOUBLE PILE (15) |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HAINLINE (15) |
| 15 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 15-05-0181 NOAH LORD SET 2 |
| 15 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 15-05-0180 NOAH LORD SET 1 |
| 30 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | EARL(21) |
| 25 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 15 - FARMER FIRE - 0209 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Suwanee Old Town (historical): 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgar Plastic Kaolin Company | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Foster Kaolin Company | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Tunited Clay Mines Corp | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Mcphersons C L Farm Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wilcox Limestone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Town | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Dixietown | 6.4 miles | 11 | |
| Eugene | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Cross City | 8.5 miles | 10 | |
| Fletcher | 8.6 miles | 11 | |
| Shamrock | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Yellow Jacket | 10.8 miles | 12 | |
| Hines | 16.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294488. 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.





