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Waylonzo, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Perry North census division. The Survey maps it on the Johnson Hammock quadrangle.

Waylonzo within Taylor County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Waylonzo, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Waylonzo, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Waylonzo between 1992 and 2015, burning about 201 acres in total. 27 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
Natural27
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism8
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 1999Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 98 WEST (62)
2 September 2011Natural1.6 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWALL BALL (62)
30 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service62 - CLOSE CALL FIRE #0465
27 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2007Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Service62 -WALK-IN FIRE #0455
18 August 2007Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service62-LOUGHRIDGE GRADE FIRE #0447
7 July 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Waylonzo: 3 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Dolomite. 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
Cabbage Grove MillCalciumPlant
E.R. Jahna - Cabbage Grove MineDolomiteProducerDolomite
Cabbage Grove QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Perry MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Taylor 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
Econfina2.5 miles9
Scanlon4.2 miles9
Ilcombe (historical)4.4 miles9
Atawalia (historical)4.8 miles11
Roach5.1 miles10
Buckhorn5.2 miles9
Cabbage Grove6.2 miles9
Nugalla (historical)6.7 miles9

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 Q122554501The 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 300833. 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.