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Wilcox, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Trenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32693. The Survey maps it on the Fanning Springs quadrangle.

Wilcox within Gilchrist County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wilcox, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Wilcox, surveyed 1954

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

199 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Wilcox between 1992 and 2020, burning about 606 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 19 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 burning49
Railroad operations and maintenance45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use24
Arson/incendiarism19
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural7
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
5 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDOUBLE PILE (15)
3 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceEARL(21)
25 August 2009Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15 - FARMER FIRE - 0209
24 July 1999Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15-BOBO FIRE-0418
2 July 2004Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOIL WELL FIRE-0268
27 June 2004Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSE 186TH AVE. FIRE #251

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilchrist County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Wilcox: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kaolin. 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
Edgar Plastic Kaolin CompanyKaolinPast Producer
Foster Kaolin CompanyKaolinPast Producer
Tunited Clay Mines CorpKaolinPast Producer
Arrington PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mcphersons C L Farm QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wilcox LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gilchrist County

Storms near this place

3 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilcox in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. 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
May 2002Thunderstorm WindWilcox$500Large trees and power lines blown down.
July 2008Heavy RainWilcox-The public measured 5.5 inches of rainfall within 2 hours from 2 different rain gauges about 1,000 feet apart. A few minutes of small hail was also reported.
May 2002Funnel CloudWilcox-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gilchrist 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
Wilcox Junction1.0 miles10
Lottieville1.3 miles10
Fanning Springs1.5 miles10
Blitchville3.1 miles11
Trenton5.5 miles10
Wannee7.5 miles11
Tyler8.8 miles9
Curtis8.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 293278. 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.

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.