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.
Then and now
1952 to 1988The 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.


Compare 1952 against another survey:
Population over time
3 figuresMalone 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,007 | |
| 2010 | 2,088 | +81 (+4%) |
| 2020 | 1,959 | -129 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Malone 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 Malone quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
84 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 32/WILLIS RD-0589 |
| 30 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LIBERTY HILL (32) |
| 30 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HATCHER ROAD (32) |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | VICTORY RD (32) |
| 23 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | NEALS LANDING ROAD (32) 0494 |
| 19 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2006 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 32/LOGAN LOOP-0819 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.W. Roberst Contrating, Inc. - W. Dennis Creamer Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| White Construction Company, Inc. - Montegomer Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
21 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 1996 | Tornado (F1) | Malone | $500,000 | no account filed |
| October 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Malone | $100,000 | An F1 tornado lifted a roof off a barn four miles west of Malone. Many large trees toppled and some fences destroyed. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | $75,000 | Some trees and power lines down. Damage to a service station. Reported by the Jackson County EMA. |
| October 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | $50,000 | A house sustained moderate damage. Reported by the Jackson County EMA. |
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | $10,000 | Numerous downed power lines. One power line fell on a fire truck. Reported by the Jackson County Sheriff. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down across northern Jackson county. |
| October 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | $5,000 | A few trees and power lines down. A roof was damaged by a fallen tree. Reported by the Jackson County Sheriff. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | $3,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down around Malone. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | $3,000 | Two or three trees and one power line were blown down around the county. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | $1,000 | A tree was blown down near SR-2 and Highway 71 in Malone. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Highway 71 south of Malone. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | $1,000 | Several downed trees on State Roads 2 and 135, and along Butler Road. Reported by the Jackson County Sheriff. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | - | A tree was blown down in the eastbound lane of Highway 2 near Friendship Church Road. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Malone | - | Flooding in the Malone area resulted in a sewer backup. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Malone | - | A photo on social media showed water up to the porch of a residence in the Malone area. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | - | Multiple trees were blown down in Malone. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | - | Trees were blown down on SR2 near Malone. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | - | Trees were blown down near Malone. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | - | A tree was blown down on Anderson Road. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Malone | - | Several trees were down just north of State Road 71. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bascom | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Ellis Church | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Ellis | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Oktahatko (historical) | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Greenwood | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sills | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Lovedale | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Hornsville | 8.5 miles | 13 |
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 Malone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2093590 | 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 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.






