Live Oak, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Caryville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32462. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Millers Ferry quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 39 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
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1949 USGS Millers Ferry quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Millers Ferry quadrangle1:24000
- 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 Millers Ferry quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
94 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 94 fires within 5 miles of Live Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 852 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ICE TEA RD (67) |
| 28 July 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 67/WARD PLACE-0472 |
| 2 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 67/GALLOWAY-0668 |
| 27 June 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 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 Live Oak: 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spears Camp Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Live Oak in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 2 heavy rain, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Live Oak | - | A tree was blown down on a power line at Amanda Way and River Road. |
| April 2016 | Flood | Live Oak | - | Scattered pockets of flooding resulted from a build-up of moderate to heavy rainfall from late March through early April. Some roads were closed and included but may not be limited to the south end of Summerhouse Rd, Island Ave from Summerhouse to Treasure Terrace, Bream Blvd, Odom Rd off Highway 90, and Old Bonifay Rd at Holmes/Washington County line. This information was posted on the Washington County Emergency Management facebook page. |
| March 2012 | Heavy Rain | Live Oak | - | A 24 hour total of 6.14 inches was measured by FL-WS-1. |
| December 2011 | Heavy Rain | Live Oak | - | CoCoRaHS observer FL-WS-1 measured 4.20 inches of rain from approximately 9 pm on December 20th to 7:18 am on December 21st. The observer reported considerable yard flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millers Ferry | 1.2 miles | 13 | |
| New Hope | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Bunker Donation | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Coosada Old Town (historical) | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Norum | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hinsons Crossroads | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Holmes Valley | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Red Head | 6.5 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295411. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







