Wasupa, 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. It stands on McBride Slough. The Survey maps it on the Crawfordville East quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Wasupa 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 Wasupa (historical), surveyed 1988

Topographic sheet of Wasupa (historical), 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.

1940 USGS Arran quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Arran quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Crawfordville East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

164 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Wasupa (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,336 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 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	68
Railroad operations and maintenance	29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Arson/incendiarism	8
Recreation and ceremony	7
Natural	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Other causes	2
Smoking	1
Fireworks	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 1997	Railroad operations and maintenance	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
17 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	DIXIE DR-(65)
8 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge	STRICKLAND FIRE
20 August 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	(65) TIMMONS FIRE
9 July 1992	Railroad operations and maintenance	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
20 July 2007	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	National Forests in Florida	IVAN
15 July 1995	Natural	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
14 July 1995	Natural	6.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wakulla County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wasupa (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Peavy and Son, Inc. - Hannon Mine	Limestone, General	Unknown	Limestone

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Wakulla Springs	1.2 miles	14
Shadeville	1.3 miles	14
Bethel	2.8 miles	17
Wakulla Gardens	2.8 miles	14
Ivan	3.3 miles	14
Hyde Park	3.8 miles	14
Wakulla	3.9 miles	14
Crawfordville	4.9 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306986. 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.