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Collins Mill, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Graceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32440. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Graceville quadrangle.

Collins Mill within Jackson County

Then and now

1951 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Collins Mill, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Collins Mill, surveyed 1951

Compare 1951 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

128 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Collins Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 588 acres in total. 5 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 burning44
Equipment and vehicle use22
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 1995Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20170926-3
21 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePARKVIEW RD 1308 (32)
11 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSHILOH CHURCH LOOP (32)
1 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceREDDICK MILL ( 30 )
22 August 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service725
4 July 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDANFORD BAY RD (32)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Collins Mill: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Blackman Clay PitClayUnknown
Unnamed Clay DepositClayOccurrence
Unnamed Clay DepositsClayProspect

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Graceville1.0 miles15
Browntown3.6 miles14
Campbellton6.9 miles14
Rambo7.1 miles14
Ellaville8.2 miles14
Jacobs8.6 miles14
Glass8.9 miles14
Richter Crossroads9.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295212. 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.