BlockWanamake, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32008. It stands on Santa Fe River. The Survey maps it on the Branford quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The 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 sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Branford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Wanamake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 607 acres in total. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1992 | Natural | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 45TH RD (61) |
| 25 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NW 101ST(21) |
| 19 September 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 34 - CANOE FIRE #0474 |
| 11 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GILCHRIST/60TH STREET FIRE |
| 3 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 73RD TRAIL(21) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wanamake: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mulkey Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gilchrist Co. Board of Co. Comm. - Townsend Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| H.R. Ellington Constr. - Suwannee Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Philman - Philman's Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
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.
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 Q122543183 | The 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 300161. 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.