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Hoover Mill, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bonifay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32425. The Survey maps it on the Bonifay quadrangle.

Hoover Mill within Holmes County

Then and now

1951 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 37 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hoover Mill, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Hoover Mill, surveyed 1951

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

200 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Hoover Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 917 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 8 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 maintenance64
Debris and open burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural10
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks1

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
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROBBIN'S BRIDGE RD (30)
20 September 2013Smoking1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMALCOLM TAYLOR RD (30)
20 September 2010Smoking9.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/IVY BUSH2010-02-0546
15 September 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 160 (30)
15 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hoover Mill: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Clay DepositsClayProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Wrights Creek Limestone ProspectLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working 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
Bethlehem4.7 miles14
Bonifay5.4 miles14
Ards Crossroads6.2 miles14
Miller Crossroads6.2 miles14
Holland Crossroads6.9 miles14
Hathaway Mill7.2 miles13
Gritney7.9 miles13
Noma Junction8.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295358. 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.