Bells Mill, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32428. It stands on Reedy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wausau quadrangle.
Then and now
1950 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1950 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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 Wausau quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:24000
- 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 Wausau quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Wausau quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
110 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Bells Mill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 641 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 | 37 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GAINER ROAD (67) |
| 24 September 1997 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BEDIE ROAD (67) |
| 15 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | DELTONA BLVD (67) |
| 7 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DOTTIE WEST LN (67) |
| 4 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | COLEMAN HILL #1 (67) |
| 28 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROLAND ROAD (67) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Bells Mill: 17 prospects, 5 past producers, 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Constr. - Trawick Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| C.W. Roberts Contr. Co. - Washington Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Coleman Limestone Deposit | Limestone, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Finch Farm Limestone Pit | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| M & O Sand & Fill Equip Sandhills | Sand | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Depoist | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradford | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Wausau | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Brock Crossroad | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Gilberts Mill | 4.8 miles | 15 | |
| Poplar Head | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Sylvania | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Macom | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Johnson Crossroad | 6.6 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295125. 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.








