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Kellys Mill, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32564. It stands on Adams Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Floridale quadrangle.

Kellys Mill within Okaloosa County

Then and now

1934 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kellys Mill, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Kellys Mill, surveyed 1934

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

320 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 320 fires within 5 miles of Kellys Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,244 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 35 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 use109
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Railroad operations and maintenance43
Debris and open burning42
Arson/incendiarism35
Natural16
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
3 September 2020Arson/incendiarism17 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBONE CREEK (46)
24 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBRYANT BRIDGE SET1 (57)
24 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBUD BASS SET (57)
24 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBRYANT BRIDGE SET 2 (57)
22 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 90 POWER LINE-1105
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMEGAN LN (46)
17 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWEST FORK FIRE - 1114

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kellys Mill: 2 prospects, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 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 Pensacola - County Line MineSandUnknown
Okaloosa Asphalt Co. - Okaloosa Asphalt PitSandProducer
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect

Every working recorded in Okaloosa 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
Holt2.2 miles16
Galliver3.8 miles16
Baker6.5 miles13
Milligan7.2 miles13
Nubbin Ridge8.9 miles13
Cannon Town9.7 miles13
Beaver Creek9.8 miles12
Crestview11.0 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 Q122570441The 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 295387. 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.