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Hathaway Mill, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bonifay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32425. It stands on Hathaway Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Caryville quadrangle.

Hathaway Mill within Holmes County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hathaway Mill, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Hathaway Mill, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Hathaway Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 705 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 9 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
Equipment and vehicle use35
Debris and open burning33
Railroad operations and maintenance28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural9
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 2019Debris and open burning3.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 179A - 1364 (30)
30 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service30/COUNTY LINE FIRE-0624
27 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCLEMMONS RD HAY (30)
24 September 2016Debris and open burning60 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHREE MILE RD (30)
21 September 1995Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 177A(30)
9 July 2002Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes 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
Gritney2.3 miles13
Westville3.8 miles13
Cerrogordo4.7 miles14
Bounds Crossing6.0 miles14
Bayou Crossing6.3 miles14
Hickory Hill6.6 miles14
Baker Settlement6.6 miles14
Bonifay6.6 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 Q122598102The 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 295339. 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.