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Wilcox Junction, 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 Junction 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 Junction, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Wilcox Junction, 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

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Wilcox Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 552 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 25 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 burning56
Railroad operations and maintenance42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism25
Equipment and vehicle use24
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3

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)
30 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceEARL(21)
25 August 2009Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15 - FARMER FIRE - 0209
24 August 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTRADING POST (15)
11 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service15 - STUMP FIRE #0442
8 July 2007Arson/incendiarism20 acresFlorida Forest Service15 - DAY OFF FIRE #0391

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilchrist County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Wilcox Junction: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Mcphersons C L Farm QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tunited Clay Mines CorpKaolinPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wilcox LimestoneStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working 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
Wilcox1.0 miles10
Fanning Springs1.5 miles10
Lottieville2.2 miles10
Blitchville3.8 miles11
Trenton6.5 miles10
Wannee7.4 miles11
Curtis9.0 miles11
Tyler9.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294972. 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.