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Ward Ridge, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Port St. Joe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32456. The Survey maps it on the Port Saint Joe quadrangle.

Ward Ridge within Gulf County

Then and now

1943 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ward Ridge, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Ward Ridge, surveyed 1943

On record in Ward Ridge

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Ward Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,784 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 11 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
Natural41
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
8 September 1999Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2020Natural51 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDEPOT CREEK (23)
6 September 1995Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1995Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1995Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceRUTHERFORD RD (23)
28 September 2013Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHELL ROAD #1 OF 3 (23)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gulf County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ward Ridge: 1 plant, 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite. 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
Basic Magnesia Solar Evapor. PlantMagnesitePlant
Premier Services - PlantMagnesiteProducerBrine

Every working recorded in Gulf 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
Niles0.6 miles16
Oak Grove0.6 miles16
Port Saint Joe1.9 miles16
Milltown3.1 miles16
Highland View3.8 miles16
Odena6.2 miles15
Indian Pass6.9 miles17
White City7.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1802952. 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.