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Majette, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Youngstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32404. It stands on Bird Pond Slough. The Survey maps it on the Bayhead quadrangle.

Majette within Bay County

Then and now

1944 to 1988

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 Majette, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Majette, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

244 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of Majette between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,387 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 13 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 burning55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined42
Railroad operations and maintenance42
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Natural23
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes2

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
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03/TOWER ROAD
7 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03/HALSEY CIRCLE-0941
22 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03/KELLER-0555
22 September 2004Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSKINNER RD
21 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCAMPFLOWERS RD 1307 (03)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Majette: 3 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, 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
Regester PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bay County Board of Co. Comm. - Camp Flowers MineClayUnknown
Bay County Board of Co. Comm. - Highway 231ClayUnknown
Bay County Board of Co. Comm. - Majette MineSandUnknown
Gulf Asphalt - Camp Flowers Rd. PitSandProducer

Every working recorded in Bay County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Majette in 1 storm report in 2018: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Thunderstorm WindMajette$1,000A tree was blown down onto a power line at John Pitts Road and Joseph Road.

Every storm recorded in Bay 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
Bayou George2.0 miles15
Cairo2.5 miles14
Bayhead4.2 miles15
Nixon4.3 miles14
Resota Beach4.7 miles15
Brannonville5.8 miles15
Southport6.9 miles19
Youngstown6.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301104. 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.