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Walcan, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the DeFuniak Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32435. The Survey maps it on the De Funiak Springs East quadrangle.

Walcan within Walton County

Then and now

1935 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Walcan, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Walcan, surveyed 1935

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

256 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Walcan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 898 acres in total. 10 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
Railroad operations and maintenance74
Debris and open burning51
Equipment and vehicle use30
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Smoking13
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural10
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
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
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/HWY 183, NORTH-0962
23 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2019Other causes12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMILLARD GAINEY (66)
20 September 2007Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/DVORAK DR-0958
15 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Walcan: 3 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Kaolin, 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
Dot Defuniak Springs - Argyle MineSandUnknown
Thompson David R ProspectKaolinOccurrence
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Koerber0.8 miles15
De Funiak Springs1.6 miles15
Argyle2.2 miles15
Dixon2.7 miles17
Pleasant Ridge5.2 miles17
Sconiers Mill5.2 miles17
Cosson Mill5.3 miles17
Center Ridge5.4 miles12

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 Q122561061The 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 301685. 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.