Cobbtown, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32565. It stands on Cobb Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fidelis quadrangle.
Then and now
1943 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1943 against another survey:
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.
- 1943 USGS Jay quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Fidelis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Fidelis quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
219 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 219 fires within 5 miles of Cobbtown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,452 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 79 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HWY 178 (57) |
| 29 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HOSEA GILLMAN ROAD (57) |
| 25 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | D. E. LOVETT FIRE - 1649 |
| 14 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PINEVIEW CHURCH FIRE-1106 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cobbtown: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Petroleum (Oil), Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackjack Creek | Petroleum (Oil), Sulfur | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cobbtown in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2015: 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Lightning | Cobbtown | $10,000 | Lightning struck a business off Homer Holland Rd. The business suffered smoke damage. |
| January 2010 | Flash Flood | Cobbtown | - | Walling Road southwest of Berrydale closed due to high water flowing over the road at Jones Bridge. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitfield | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Jay | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| New York | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Brownsdale | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Berrydale | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fidelis | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Carmel | 6.8 miles | 14 | |
| Simmons Crossing | 8.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294719. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.






