Hillcoat, Florida
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jasper census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32052. The Survey maps it on the Hillcoat quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Hillcoat quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
201 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Hillcoat between 1993 and 2020, burning about 754 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 14 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 | 57 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 1993 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 4TH ST (24-04) |
| 19 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 04-24-NOV/118TH LANE FIRE -1292 |
| 18 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CR 137-1 (24-4) |
| 18 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CR 137-2 (24-4) |
| 17 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hillcoat: 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hamilton County Reconniassance | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1966 | |
| Swift Creek Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Aluminum | Producer | 1960, 1970 | |
| Psc Phosphate (White Springs) - Hamilton Mine | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | Collophane |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion | 2.9 miles | 8 | |
| Camps Still | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Jasper | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Kennedy Still | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Blacks Still | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Genoa | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Rawls | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Adams | 7.3 miles | 9 |
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 Q122568342 | 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 294806. 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.




