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Iola, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Wewahitchka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32465. It lies near McCabe Island. The Survey maps it on the Dead Lakes quadrangle.

Iola within Gulf County

Then and now

1945 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Iola, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Iola, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Iola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 547 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 10 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 burning22
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
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 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service23/ COLE ESCAPE BURN-0965
16 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 1999Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 22 (23)
5 July 2008Natural60 acresFlorida Forest Service23/BETTY RAE DR 2008-02-0510
4 July 2006Fireworksunder an acreFlorida Forest Service23/MIDNIGHT FIRE-0763
20 July 2000Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gulf 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 Iola: 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, 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
Dot Panama City - Sr 22SandUnknownSand
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Gulf 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
Lake Grove2.1 miles15
Wewahitchka3.1 miles15
Honeyville6.4 miles15
Wetappo7.1 miles15
Gaskins Still7.7 miles15
Majette9.5 miles16
Dalkeith9.9 miles15
Early11.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295377. 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.