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Miccosukee, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32309. The Survey maps it on the Miccosukee quadrangle. 383 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Miccosukee within Leon County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Miccosukee, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Miccosukee, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

On record in Miccosukee

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

40 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Miccosukee between 1992 and 2018, burning about 557 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural2

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
1 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2011Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMOCCASIN HILL (37)
3 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use25 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMAGNOLIA (37)
24 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenance3.1 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 May 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(37) TS GREEN AND 59
16 May 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leon County

Storms near this place

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miccosukee in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 hail. 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
September 2004Tornado (F0)Miccosukee$25,000The weak tornado moved from northwest Jefferson County into adjacent northeast Leon County. It destroyed a shed and caused minor damage to a home. Some trees were uprooted. Reported by a NWS employee and the Leon County EMA.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindMiccosukee$3,000A few trees were blown down in northern and eastern Leon county with a couple down on power lines.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindMiccosukee$3,000A tree was blown down on Veterans Memorial Drive about 2 miles south of the Florida/Georgia border blocking one lane of traffic. Power outages also occurred in the area. Monetary damage was estimated.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindMiccosukee$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down near Moccasin Gap Road and W Veterans Memorial.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindMiccosukee$2,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindMiccosukee$1,000A power line was blown down just east of Veterans Memorial Road.
March 2024Tornado (EF1)Miccosukee-A severe thunderstorm produced a swath of straight-line wind damage on a plantation just east of Straw Pond north of Moccasin Gap Road. Winds were estimated to be at least 80 mph on this property. The storm then produced a tornado that touched down on a nearby plantation just east of Alberta Lake Road. Numerous softwood and hardwood trees were snapped and uprooted, being felled in multiple directions. Damage in this area was consistent with 100 mph winds which warrants an EF-1 rating. After causing minor damage as it crossed Veterans Memorial Drive, the tornado then paralleled T.S. Green Road in Leon County, which becomes Lake Road in Jefferson County, lifting just east of Norias Road in Jefferson County. Damage along this stretch of roads was also consistent with EF-1 damage with wind speeds generally estimated around 90 mph. The worst of the damage occurred just west of the intersection of Lake and Norias Roads, where winds were once again estimated at 100 mph.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindMiccosukee-A tree was blown down on some power lines along Veterans Memorial Drive. There was also significant tree damage on a nearby plantation with winds estimated at 80 mph.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMiccosukee-A tree was blown down at the intersection of Miccosukee Road and Wiley Road.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindMiccosukee-A tree was blown down across the road in the area of Miccosukee Road and Moccasin Gap about one quarter mile north of the waste collection.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindMiccosukee-A tree that was 2 feet in diameter fell on Veterans Memorial Drive near Moccasin Gap and blocked the road.
April 2012HailMiccosukee-Dime to quarter sized hail covered a yard near Moccasin Gap and Miccosukee Road. The report was relayed by WCTV.
April 2012HailMiccosukee-Quarter sized hail was reported at 14000 Moccasin Gap Road in Miccosukee.

Every storm recorded in Leon 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
Concord2.1 miles12
Felkel4.1 miles12
Peck4.6 miles12
Baum5.9 miles12
Wadesboro6.3 miles12
Black Creek6.5 miles12
Centerville7.6 miles12
Homestead Ridge7.7 miles12

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 MiccosukeeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5306051The 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 286769. 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.

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.