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.
Then and now
1940 to 1988The 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.


Compare 1940 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Arran quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Arran quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Sopchoppy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
147 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 52 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | National Forests in Florida | GRIMES BAY |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | 8.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | G F & A |
| 24 September 2014 | Natural | 1.3 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | PURIFY BAY FIRE |
| 19 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (65) DONALDSON-WILLIAMS |
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | 7.0 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | JOE |
| 2 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | BOTTOMS |
| 12 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WHITE FUNNY FARM RD (65) |
| 12 August 2006 | Fireworks | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | LOBSTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon Limestone - Moccasin Dip Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| Millender Trucking & Land Clearing - Millender Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Panacea Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wakulla Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Medart | 1 hurt, $3,000 | Thunderstorms brought several trees down. One tree crashed into a house injuring a man. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Medart | $2,000 | Debris blew into power lines and resulted in a power outage in the Medart area. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Medart | - | A few trees were blown down in the Medart area. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Medart | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Medart | - | A large tree was blown down near Highway 319 in the Medart area. |
| February 1998 | Hail | Medart | - | Dime size hail reported by National Weather Service personnel. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tully | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Skipper | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Panacea | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Spring Creek | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Buckhorn | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Panacea Park | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Ashmore | 4.4 miles | 14 |
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 Medart | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5306006 | 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 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.







