Galt City, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Bagdad census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32583. The Survey maps it on the Milton South quadrangle.
Then and now
1920 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1920 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1920 USGS Milton quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Milton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Milton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Milton South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Bay Minette quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Milton South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
481 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 481 fires within 5 miles of Galt City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,790 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 33 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 maintenance | 139 |
| Debris and open burning | 84 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 66 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | NEW LAKE FIRE-1076 |
| 7 September 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GARCON POINT(57) |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Florida Forest Service | PATTERSON TOWN (57) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Galt City: 10 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa Co. Road Dept. - Avalon Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Gault City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gault City Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dot Pensacola - Rest Area Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Hickory Hammock Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - Santa Rosa Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. - T-Field Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Salter/3-C's - B.Lowery Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Salter/3-C's - Baker Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Salter/3-C's - Pea Ridge Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Galt City in 1 storm report in 2011: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Lightning | Galt City | $15,000 | Residence received a lightning strike which resulted in a small house fire. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bagdad | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| East Milton | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Milton | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Ward Basin | 3.3 miles | 20 | |
| Harp | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mulat | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Avalon Beach | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Bluff | 4.7 miles | 20 |
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 Q122591115 | The 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 295308. 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.








