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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.

Bells Mill within Washington County

Then and now

1950 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Bells Mill, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Bells Mill, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

110 since 1992

Regional 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 burning37
Railroad operations and maintenance28
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking5
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGAINER ROAD (67)
24 September 1997Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBEDIE ROAD (67)
15 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDELTONA BLVD (67)
7 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDOTTIE WEST LN (67)
4 August 1998Debris and open burning30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCOLEMAN HILL #1 (67)
28 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROLAND ROAD (67)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
White Constr. - Trawick MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
C.W. Roberts Contr. Co. - Washington PitSandProducer
Coleman Limestone DepositLimestone, DimensionProspect
Finch Farm Limestone PitLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
M & O Sand & Fill Equip SandhillsSandProducer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Clay DepoistClayPast Producer
Unnamed Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Unnamed Clay DepositClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Washington 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
Bradford1.3 miles14
Wausau2.2 miles14
Brock Crossroad3.5 miles13
Gilberts Mill4.8 miles15
Poplar Head5.5 miles13
Sylvania6.2 miles14
Macom6.5 miles14
Johnson Crossroad6.6 miles13

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.