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Union, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the DeFuniak Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32433. It stands on Anderson Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glendale quadrangle.

Union within Walton County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Union, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Union, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1992 and 2020, burning about 591 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 8 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 maintenance27
Debris and open burning19
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking8
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 September 2010Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/ALFORD RD-0568
23 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/HWY 183, NORTH-0962
16 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.8 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 July 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCO HWY 183 (66)
20 July 2002Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 July 1995Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service66/NORWOOD -0755

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton 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 Union: 3 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dot Defuniak Springs - Argyle MineSandUnknown
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect

Every working recorded in Walton 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
Center Ridge2.8 miles12
Piney Grove4.7 miles12
Koerber5.5 miles15
Glendale5.6 miles12
Argyle5.8 miles15
Walcan5.9 miles15
Dixon6.5 miles17
De Funiak Springs6.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 308504. 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.