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Wilburn, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32055. The Survey maps it on the Lake City East quadrangle.

Wilburn within Columbia County

Then and now

1954 to 2005

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wilburn, surveyed 2005
Topographic sheet of Wilburn, 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.

Fires near this place

329 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 329 fires within 5 miles of Wilburn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,686 acres in total. 66 started naturally. 21 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 burning70
Railroad operations and maintenance67
Natural66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Equipment and vehicle use21
Arson/incendiarism21
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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
28 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARION AVE (12)
25 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaSTILL
16 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMCCALL TERR (12)
15 September 2014Natural42 acresNational Forests in FloridaLONGLEAF
6 August 1993Natural31 acresNational Forests in Floridanot named
31 August 2006Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresNational Forests in FloridaSTILL
28 August 2014Arson/incendiarism1.7 acresFlorida Forest ServiceVOSS (12)
25 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Columbia County

Storms near this place

5 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilburn in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2024Heavy RainWilburn-The Columbia County Sheriff,s office weather | station measured 3.72 inches of rain between | 6:30 pm and 8:20 pm.
August 2024Heavy RainWilburn-A public weather station along US 90 and at | the intersection of NE McCloskey Avenue | measured 3.18 inches of rain between 6:30 pm | and 8:30 pm.
August 2021FloodWilburn-Road flooding was reported along County Road 252 and Southeast Myrtis Dortch Terrace.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindWilburn-Trees were blown down along Swamp Gum Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWilburn-A large tree was blown down on power lines.

Every storm recorded in Columbia 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
McColskey0.9 miles10
Newco1.4 miles10
Navair1.4 miles10
Watertown1.9 miles10
Halpata (historical)2.9 miles8
Lake City3.2 miles8
Five Points3.4 miles8
Lacymark4.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306595. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.