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Topkegaiga, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Havana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32333. The Survey maps it on the Havana South quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Topkegaiga within Gadsden County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Topkegaiga (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Topkegaiga (historical), surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Topkegaiga (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 657 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Railroad operations and maintenance39
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSCOTT DRIVE (20)
17 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSHULER (20)-0546
14 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceTAYLOR COURT (20)
24 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSLASH CIRCLE (20)
21 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresFlorida Forest Service(20) GRANT RD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gadsden 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 Topkegaiga (historical): 4 producers, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Gadsden 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
Scotland1.2 miles12
Shady Rest2.5 miles12
Florence2.5 miles12
Gibson2.7 miles12
Ohathlockhouchy (historical)2.9 miles12
Freemont3.3 miles12
Littman3.8 miles13
Rich Bay4.0 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294533. 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.