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Tennille, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Perry South census division. The Survey maps it on the Clara quadrangle.

Tennille within Taylor County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tennille, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Tennille, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Tennille between 1992 and 2020, burning about 731 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 11 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
Natural48
Equipment and vehicle use29
Debris and open burning15
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
18 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15 - THE DUMPSTER FIRE - 0216
9 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSTEINHATCHEE FALLS-0285
4 August 2014Natural2.6 acresFlorida Forest Service521ST (15)
27 August 2000Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1993Debris and open burning10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 2007Natural7.5 acresFlorida Forest Service917
8 July 2002Natural23 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Tennille: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Jefferson Taylor MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sanders Farm QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Taylor 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
Clara1.4 miles10
Steinhatchee8.1 miles11
Salem8.8 miles10
Dallus Creek Landing9.4 miles11
Howell Place9.7 miles10
Carbur11.1 miles10
Fish Creek13.1 miles10
Keaton Beach14.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295671. 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.