Kent Mill, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Alford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32420. It stands on Cypress Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alford quadrangle.
Then and now
1952 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1952 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1952 USGS Alford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Alford quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Alford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Kent Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,111 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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 | 67 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Other causes | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HIGHLAND (32) |
| 28 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ROOKS ROAD (67) |
| 27 September 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 67/ARCHIE SAPP RD-0969 |
| 23 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | COMPASS LAKE (32) |
| 28 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROLAND ROAD (67) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Kent Mill: 7 unknowns, 5 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand, Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Kaolin Deposit | Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Barbour A J Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Jackson Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - Compass Lake Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Jackson Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - Green Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Lenny Prutzman - Prutzman Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Rex Windham - Windham Diamond 1 Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Rex Windham - Windham Diamond 2 Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Round Lake City Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Stearne's J A Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Depoist | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Round Lake | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Alford | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Steele City | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Compass Lake | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Kynesville | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Cottondale | 9.2 miles | 14 | |
| Richter Crossroads | 12.2 miles | 14 | |
| Marianna | 12.9 miles | 14 |
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 Q122557768 | 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 294824. 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.







