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One of 23 National Register listings published here for Jefferson County · listed in 2010 · category: Site.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Letchworth Mounds Archeological Site
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. 5 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1954.
The listing
- Address. 4500 Sunray Rd, Tallahassee, 32344
- When was it listed? December 2010
- Category. site
- Census division. Monticello
- National Register reference number. 10001034 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The ground this property stands on, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
144 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Letchworth Mounds Archeological Site between 1992 and 2019, burning about 891 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning | 50 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (33) VALLEY VIEW COMMAND |
| 3 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SANCTUARY RD (33) |
| 10 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BIG RYE RD (33) |
| 10 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (33) SEGO SMOKE COMPLAINT 3 |
| 18 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (33) WILD TURKEY |
Maps showing this location
5 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lake Miccosukee quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lloyd Historic District (Boundary Decrease) | 3.2 miles | 2002 | |
 | Lloyd Historic District | 3.3 miles | 1991 |
 | Lloyd Railroad Depot | 3.3 miles | 1974 |
 | Dennis-Coxetter House | 3.3 miles | 1988 |
 | Lloyd-Bond House | 3.4 miles | 1984 |
 | Lloyd Woman's Club | 3.5 miles | 1998 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 10001034 in Record Group 79. |
| Jefferson County | All 23 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.