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Deerland, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Crestview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32539. The Survey maps it on the Dorcas quadrangle.

Deerland within Okaloosa County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Deerland, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Deerland, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

166 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Deerland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 946 acres in total. 7 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
Debris and open burning39
Railroad operations and maintenance33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony6
Other causes1
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
30 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1997Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceEAST SIDE I-10 (46)
18 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePARKER FIRE - 1011
10 August 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service46 - MT. OLIVE ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Deerland: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Mossy Head MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Campbell Sand and Gravel - Mossy Head MineSandProducer
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Mossy HeadSandProducer
Rodney G. Greenway, Inc. - Mossy HeadSandProducer

Every working recorded in Okaloosa County

Storms near this place

4 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Deerland in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2021Thunderstorm WindDeerland-High winds downed multiple trees on Mount Olive Road.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindDeerland-Trees down near the intersection of US Highway 90 and CR 393.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindDeerland-Large pine tree blown down across Highway 90 by severe thunderstorm winds near 60 mph, about 3 miles west of the Okaloosa and Walton County line. Reported by trained SkyWarn Storm Spotter.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindDeerland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okaloosa 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
Killingsworth Crossroads1.2 miles13
Dorcas3.4 miles13
Auburn7.2 miles14
Crestview7.2 miles14
Silver Springs7.2 miles14
Garden City7.6 miles14
Campton9.5 miles14
Milligan10.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295236. 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.