Douglas City, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Quincy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32351. It stands on English Branch. The Survey maps it on the Gretna quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Gretna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Gretna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Gretna quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
137 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Douglas City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 682 acres in total. 3 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 | 46 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 43 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CHAD (20)-0527 |
| 4 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (20) KUDZU FIRE |
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Douglas City: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Floridin Company Pit | Fullers Earth, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Gasden County Mines | Clay | Producer | ||
| Oil-Dri - Fletcher-Mcginnis Mine | Fullers Earth | Unknown | Clay |
Storms near this place
10 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Douglas City in 10 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Lightning | Douglas City | 1 killed | At 3:30 pm EDT on July 21, 2024, an employee working as a roofer for a roofing contractor was installing a single ply roof over an existing metal roof when a storm approached. As the crew was covering up their tools, the employee was struck by lightning. The employee died from multiple injuries due to the lightning strike. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglas City | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down along Highway 90 west of Quincy. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglas City | $1,000 | A tree was blown down onto a power line in the Flat Creek area. |
| January 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglas City | $1,000 | A large tree was blown down across Ben Bostick Road blocking traffic. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglas City | $1,000 | A large tree fell and completely blocked I-10 westbound between mile markers 177 and 178. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglas City | - | A tree was blown down into the eastbound lanes of I-10 at mile marker 179, causing a traffic backup. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglas City | - | There were three trees blown down on the 1300 block of Solomon Dairy Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglas City | - | A tree was blown down on Kingswood Road. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Douglas City | - | A tree was blown down on Luten Road outside of Quincy. |
| December 2014 | Flash Flood | Douglas City | - | Ben Bostok Road was impassible due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gretna | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Quincy | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Sawdust | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Santa Clara | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Attapulgas (historical) | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Hardaway | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Greensboro | 5.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294366. 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.







