BlockTocktoethla, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32460. The Survey maps it on the Fairchild 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 1994The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Fairchild quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Fairchild quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Fairchild quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Tocktoethla (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 586 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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 | 63 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SEMINOLE-002 |
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SEMINOLE004 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 55 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-SEMINOLE-003 |
| 27 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-SEMINOLE-005 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tocktoethla (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haynes | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Parramore | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Buena Vista | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lovedale | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Butler (historical) | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Dellwood | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hornsville | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Two Egg | 5.9 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294486. 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.