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Wade, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the High Springs-Alachua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32643. The Survey maps it on the Newberry quadrangle.

Wade within Alachua 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 Wade, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Wade, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Wade between 1992 and 2020, burning about 996 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 5 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 burning45
Railroad operations and maintenance35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use17
Natural8
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes1
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
28 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/WOODPECKER
30 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/2008-08-0629
19 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance5.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2005-08-0498/GILCHRIST
12 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/CHICKEN PEN
6 July 1994Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 July 2015Natural35 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMT. PLEASANT (01)
19 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2010-08-0481/ALACHUA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alachua County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 983 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 983 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wade between 1860 and 1975: 557 Animalia, 241 Fungi, 93 Plantae, 52 Protozoa, 25 Unrecorded, 15 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gholson Jr., A. Martinez, A.J. Sharp and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.1896Edmon WestGainesville
A photograph of the species Myotis austroriparius, not of this specimenMyotis austroriparius (Rhoads, 1897)1860unknownGainesville, 10 mi. W
Aves1897not recordedAlachua Co
A photograph of the species Chordodes puerilis, not of this specimenChordodes puerilis Montgomery, 18981906E. AndersonHigh Springs
A photograph of the species Pilophorus nasicus, not of this specimenPilophorus nasicus Knight, 19261911W. DavisNewberry
A photograph of the species Stereum complicatum, not of this specimenStereum complicatum (Fr.) Fr.1914ConwayGainesville, San Falasco Hammock,10 miles NW of Gainesville; On hardwood
A photograph of the species Coleosporium elephantopodis, not of this specimenColeosporium elephantopodis Thüm., 18781915G. G. HedgcockGainesville
A photograph of the species Coleosporium helianthi, not of this specimenColeosporium helianthi (Schwein.) Arthur1916G. G. HedgcockGainesville
A photograph of the species Grus canadensis, not of this specimenGrus canadensis pratensis F.A.A.Meyer, 17941916J. J. SimpsonHigh Springs, near
A photograph of the species Cyanocitta cristata, not of this specimenCyanocitta cristata cristata (Linnaeus, 1758)1917Collector(s): Marsden Treutlen CleckleyHigh Springs
A photograph of the species Diospyros virginiana, not of this specimenDiospyros virginiana L.1917J. K. Small12 miles west of Gainesville
A photograph of the species Melanerpes carolinus, not of this specimenMelanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758)1917Simpson, J JHigh Springs

All 983 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Wade: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Limestone Prod.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Products - NewberryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Products - Newberry WestLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Buda Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Haile QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Limestone 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 Alachua 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
Buda1.3 miles10
Forest Grove2.0 miles11
Clark2.2 miles10
Arno4.0 miles12
Haile4.3 miles11
Cadillac4.3 miles11
High Springs6.0 miles12
Newberry6.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295692. 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.

Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.

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.