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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.

Suwanee Old Town within Dixie County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Suwanee Old Town (historical), surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Suwanee Old Town (historical), surveyed 1954

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

237 since 1992

Regional 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 burning59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Railroad operations and maintenance39
Arson/incendiarism31
Equipment and vehicle use27
Natural13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony6

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
5 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDOUBLE PILE (15)
19 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHAINLINE (15)
15 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15-05-0181 NOAH LORD SET 2
15 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15-05-0180 NOAH LORD SET 1
30 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceEARL(21)
25 August 2009Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15 - FARMER FIRE - 0209

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dixie County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Edgar Plastic Kaolin CompanyKaolinPast Producer
Foster Kaolin CompanyKaolinPast Producer
Tunited Clay Mines CorpKaolinPast Producer
Mcphersons C L Farm QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wilcox LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dixie 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
Old Town1.3 miles10
Dixietown6.4 miles11
Eugene6.4 miles10
Cross City8.5 miles10
Fletcher8.6 miles11
Shamrock9.6 miles10
Yellow Jacket10.8 miles12
Hines16.6 miles10

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.