Thames, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Trenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32693. The Survey maps it on the Waters Lake quadrangle.

Thames within Gilchrist 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 Thames, surveyed 1981

Topographic sheet of Thames, surveyed 1954

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.

1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
1968 USGS Waters Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

219 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Thames between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,394 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 6 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	57
Railroad operations and maintenance	53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	31
Equipment and vehicle use	22
Natural	18
Recreation and ceremony	16
Power generation/transmission/distribution	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Arson/incendiarism	6
Other causes	1
Smoking	1

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
29 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	GILCHRIST/0652
17 September 2008	Natural	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	GILCHRIST2008-08-0645
28 August 2014	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	0168 (21)
28 August 2003	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	2003-08-1063, LOOP ROAD FIRE
22 August 2011	Natural	4.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	SR 47 SLEW (21)
12 August 1992	Natural	8.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
11 August 1992	Natural	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
9 July 1992	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilchrist County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Thames: 12 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Nettles Prospect	Iron	Prospect
Unnamed Limestone 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
Unnamed Limestone 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
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Gilchrist 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Waters Lake	2.9 miles	10
Tyler	4.3 miles	9
Neals	6.2 miles	10
Craggs	7.3 miles	10
Trenton	8.1 miles	10
Mutual	8.6 miles	9
Williford	9.0 miles	10
Harvard	9.7 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300168. 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.