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Wakulla Gardens, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32327. The Survey maps it on the Crawfordville East quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.

Wakulla Gardens within Wakulla County

Then and now

1940 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wakulla Gardens, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Wakulla Gardens, surveyed 1940

Compare 1940 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Wakulla Gardens between 1992 and 2020, burning about 841 acres in total. 6 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 burning60
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism5
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1

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
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDIXIE DR-(65)
15 September 2010Naturalunder an acreSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeQUAIL FIRE
3 August 1999Natural1.4 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeHOLDINGPEN
20 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(65) TIMMONS FIRE
15 July 1995Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 June 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 June 2004Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeWAKULLA BEACH RD POWERLINE
24 June 2005Natural51 acresFlorida Forest ServiceEAST IVAN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wakulla County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Wakulla Gardens: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand. 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
Lost Creek Land Development - 98 MineSandUnknown
Cannon Limestone - Moccasin Dip MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Peavy and Son, Inc. - Hannon MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone

Every working recorded in Wakulla 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
Shadeville1.6 miles14
Hyde Park2.5 miles14
Wasupa (historical)2.8 miles14
Crawfordville3.6 miles14
Wakulla Springs3.9 miles14
Ivan4.3 miles14
San Marcos (historical)4.9 miles14
Shell Island5.0 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122597845The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306549. 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.