BlockBefore

Yamassee, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sneads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32442. The Survey maps it on the Sneads quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Yamassee within Jackson County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Yamassee (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Yamassee (historical), surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Yamassee (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 758 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 18 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 burning46
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1

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
9 September 1997Recreation and ceremony28 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLEWIS LANE (32)
24 September 2019Debris and open burning73 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLUEBERRY DRIVE (32)
20 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSEWER PLANT (32)
20 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceKAVA DR (32)
19 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1997Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson 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 Yamassee (historical): 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand, Clay, Sand. 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
Glf Construction Corp. - Glf Borrow Pit MineSandUnknown
Jackson Co. Bd of Co. Comm. - State MineSand, ClayUnknownClay, Sand
Unnamed Ls. ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unnamed Ls. ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Ocheesee Gardens1.2 miles13
Sinai2.1 miles13
Osochi (historical)2.3 miles13
Shady Grove2.6 miles13
Inwood2.6 miles13
Tamathli (historical)2.9 miles13
Sneads3.1 miles13
Hyhappo (historical)4.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294492. 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.