Bayou Crossing, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Holmes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32455. It lies near Saddle Hill. The Survey maps it on the Prosperity quadrangle.
Then and now
1950 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1950 USGS Prosperity quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Prosperity quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Bayou Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 572 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 18 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | HWY 179A - 1364 (30) |
| 27 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.8 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Florida Forest Service | OLD MILL ROAD (30) |
| 7 July 2017 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LARRY THOMAS LANE (30) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bayou Crossing: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Spring Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Springs Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bounds Crossing | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Westville | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Ponce de Leon | 3.5 miles | 15 | |
| Hickory Hill | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Cerrogordo | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Hathaway Mill | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Gritney | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Prosperity | 6.5 miles | 14 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122595640 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295118. 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.






