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Galliver, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32564. The Survey maps it on the Holt quadrangle.

Galliver within Okaloosa County

Then and now

1934 to 1978

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 Galliver, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Galliver, surveyed 1934

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

229 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Galliver between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,039 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 12 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
Railroad operations and maintenance68
Debris and open burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking12
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes2

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 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2020Arson/incendiarism17 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBONE CREEK (46)
28 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Service120
24 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePICKENS CIRCLE FIRE - 1116
24 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHOE FIRE - 1117
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMEGAN LN (46)
17 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Galliver: 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
Okaloosa Co. Comm. - South Baker MineClayUnknown
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect

Every working recorded in Okaloosa County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Galliver in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2021: 2 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
June 2021Thunderstorm WindGalliver-High winds downed a large tree on Log lake Road at Highway 90.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindGalliver-Several trees down and some minor roof damage near the intersection of Highway 90 and Summertime Drive.

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
Holt2.1 miles16
Kellys Mill3.8 miles18
Milligan4.0 miles13
Baker5.2 miles13
Crestview7.7 miles14
Nubbin Ridge8.2 miles13
Cannon Town9.2 miles13
Silver Springs10.0 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122594284The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 282888. 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.