Midway, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Mayo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32066. The Survey maps it on the Mayo SE quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Mayo SE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
128 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,455 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 8 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 | 35 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ALTON ROAD (34) |
| 20 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MIDWAY TOWER (34) |
| 6 August 2011 | Natural | 16 acres | Florida Forest Service | REGIS (34) |
| 31 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 410 (34) |
| 25 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 34-ROADSIDE SHOULDER-#0205 |
| 2 August 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Midway in 11 storm reports between 2005 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Midway | $125,000 | A tornado touched down and destroyed four chicken houses, overturned a trailer and twisted roofing tin around trees of the Pickett Lake community. It also uprooted trees, downed power lines and scattered debris. Reported by the Lafayette County EMA. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $4,000 | Fallen trees or large limbs resulted in power outages along Highway 27 east of Mayo as reported on the Duke Energy outage website. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $2,000 | Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage along SE Komondor Road. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto power lines near SE Walter Henderson Road. |
| February 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Trees were blown down in Lafayette county. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | A tree fell on a power line on E US 27 near County Road 412. |
| December 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | Fallen trees and limbs resulted in a power outage along Highway 27 via the Duke Energy Outage map. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | A tree was blown down along SE Ferret Road. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Midway | - | A tree was blown down onto County Road 412. |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Midway | - | A storm total of 12.65 inches was measured through 6:30 am EDT at the Suwannee River Water Management rain gauge MDWF1. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alton | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Mayo | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| San Pedro Junction | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Grady | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Peterson | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Cooks Hammock | 11.9 miles | 10 | |
| Buckville | 13.9 miles | 9 | |
| Hatchbend | 14.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295448. 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.




