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Malone, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Malone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32445. The Survey maps it on the Malone quadrangle. 1,959 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 141 feet above sea level.

Malone within Jackson County

Then and now

1952 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 36 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Malone, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Malone, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Population over time

3 figures

Malone fell from 2,007 to 1,959 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20002,007
20102,088+81 (+4%)
20201,959-129 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

84 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Malone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 684 acres in total. 3 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 burning29
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Smoking5
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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
4 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service32/WILLIS RD-0589
30 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLIBERTY HILL (32)
30 September 1997Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHATCHER ROAD (32)
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceVICTORY RD (32)
23 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNEALS LANDING ROAD (32) 0494
19 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 July 2006Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Service32/LOGAN LOOP-0819

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Malone: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

21 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Malone in 21 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
March 1996Tornado (F1)Malone$500,000no account filed
October 1997Tornado (F1)Malone$100,000An F1 tornado lifted a roof off a barn four miles west of Malone. Many large trees toppled and some fences destroyed.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindMalone$75,000Some trees and power lines down. Damage to a service station. Reported by the Jackson County EMA.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindMalone$50,000A house sustained moderate damage. Reported by the Jackson County EMA.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindMalone$10,000Numerous downed power lines. One power line fell on a fire truck. Reported by the Jackson County Sheriff.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindMalone$5,000Numerous trees were blown down across northern Jackson county.
October 2004Thunderstorm WindMalone$5,000A few trees and power lines down. A roof was damaged by a fallen tree. Reported by the Jackson County Sheriff.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMalone$3,000Several trees and power lines were blown down around Malone.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindMalone$3,000Two or three trees and one power line were blown down around the county. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindMalone$1,000A tree was blown down near SR-2 and Highway 71 in Malone.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindMalone$1,000A tree was blown down on Highway 71 south of Malone. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindMalone$1,000Several downed trees on State Roads 2 and 135, and along Butler Road. Reported by the Jackson County Sheriff.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindMalone-A tree was blown down in the eastbound lane of Highway 2 near Friendship Church Road.
September 2024Flash FloodMalone-Flooding in the Malone area resulted in a sewer backup.
September 2024Flash FloodMalone-A photo on social media showed water up to the porch of a residence in the Malone area.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindMalone-Multiple trees were blown down in Malone.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMalone-Several trees were blown down.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindMalone-Trees were blown down on SR2 near Malone.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMalone-Trees were blown down near Malone.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMalone-A tree was blown down on Anderson Road.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindMalone-Several trees were down just north of State Road 71.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Bascom3.1 miles13
Ellis Church4.1 miles12
Ellis4.3 miles12
Oktahatko (historical)5.8 miles14
Greenwood6.0 miles14
Sills6.5 miles14
Lovedale8.3 miles13
Hornsville8.5 miles13

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.

Wikipedia article on MaloneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2093590The 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 286334. 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.