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Medart, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32327. The Survey maps it on the Sopchoppy quadrangle. It stands 33 feet above sea level.

Medart within Wakulla County

Then and now

1940 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Medart, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Medart, surveyed 1940

Compare 1940 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Medart between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,698 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 6 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 burning52
Natural24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Equipment and vehicle use8
Recreation and ceremony7
Arson/incendiarism6
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Fireworks2

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
8 September 1999Natural30 acresNational Forests in FloridaGRIMES BAY
7 September 1999Natural8.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaG F & A
24 September 2014Natural1.3 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugePURIFY BAY FIRE
19 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(65) DONALDSON-WILLIAMS
20 August 1993Natural7.0 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeJOE
2 August 1999Debris and open burning2.6 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeBOTTOMS
12 August 2014Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWHITE FUNNY FARM RD (65)
12 August 2006Fireworksunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaLOBSTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wakulla County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Medart: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Limestone, General. 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
Cannon Limestone - Moccasin Dip MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Millender Trucking & Land Clearing - Millender MineSandUnknownSand
Panacea PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wakulla PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wakulla County

Storms near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Medart in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 1995Thunderstorm WindMedart1 hurt, $3,000Thunderstorms brought several trees down. One tree crashed into a house injuring a man.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindMedart$2,000Debris blew into power lines and resulted in a power outage in the Medart area.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindMedart-A few trees were blown down in the Medart area.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindMedart-Several trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMedart-A large tree was blown down near Highway 319 in the Medart area.
February 1998HailMedart-Dime size hail reported by National Weather Service personnel.

Every storm recorded in Wakulla 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
Tully1.5 miles14
Skipper2.8 miles14
Panacea3.1 miles14
Spring Creek3.2 miles14
Buckhorn3.6 miles14
Panacea Park3.8 miles14
Mount Pleasant3.9 miles14
Ashmore4.4 miles14

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 MedartAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5306006The 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 306026. 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.