Majette, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Wewahitchka census division. It lies near Jersey Islands. The Survey maps it on the Wetappo Creek quadrangle.

Majette within Gulf County

Then and now

1945 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 49 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 1994

Topographic sheet of Majette, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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.

1945 USGS Wetappo Creek quadrangle1:24000
1945 USGS Wetappo Creek quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Wetappo Creek quadrangle1:24000
1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1994 USGS Wetappo Creek quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Majette between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,556 acres in total. 55 started naturally. 12 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
Natural	55
Debris and open burning	15
Arson/incendiarism	12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	5
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	2
Other causes	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
6 September 2014	Natural	1.1 acres	Florida Forest Service	WETAPPO 155 (23)
5 September 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	HWY 22 (23)
9 August 2008	Natural	7.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	23/SANDY BRANCH-0567
9 August 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
31 August 1997	Natural	65 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
18 August 2016	Natural	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	WETAPPO CREEK (23)
12 August 1999	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
9 July 2011	Natural	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	FICO (23)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Early	3.6 miles	16
Wetappo	5.0 miles	15
Overstreet	6.2 miles	15
Wewahitchka	6.8 miles	15
Honeyville	7.1 miles	15
Gaskins Still	8.0 miles	15
Lake Grove	8.1 miles	15
Iola	9.5 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300142. 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.