Watson, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2006. It stands in the Jasper census division. The Survey maps it on the Fargo SW quadrangle.

Watson within Hamilton County

Then and now

1954 to 2006

The same ground, surveyed 52 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Watson, surveyed 2006

Topographic sheet of Watson, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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.

1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1955 USGS Fargo SW quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
2006 USGS Fargo SW quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

69 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Watson between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,687 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 20 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
Natural	27
Arson/incendiarism	20
Debris and open burning	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3
Recreation and ceremony	3
Railroad operations and maintenance	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
23 August 2011	Natural	319 acres	Florida Forest Service	GEORGIA STATE LINE (24-6)
23 August 1999	Natural	20 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
9 July 1994	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 July 2012	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	WOODPECKER ROUTE (24-6)
6 July 1999	Natural	22 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
6 July 1997	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 July 2002	Natural	20 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
14 July 1993	Natural	31 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton 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
Cypress Creek	3.9 miles	11
Belmont	6.5 miles	9
Kennedy Still	9.2 miles	8
Blacks Still	9.4 miles	9
Purvis Still	11.3 miles	9
Bakers Mill	11.4 miles	8
Hillcoat	12.7 miles	8
Jasper	12.8 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300922. 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.