Mikesville, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort White census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32024. It stands on Hammock Branch. The Survey maps it on the Mikesville quadrangle. It stands 151 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 27 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 Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Mikesville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
202 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Mikesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 996 acres in total. 5 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 | 64 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HILLIARD LN(12) |
| 17 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SOUTHBOUND WRECK (12) |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 1993 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | O'LENO (12) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mikesville in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mikesville | $150 | Several trees were blown down and numerous traffic accidents on Interstate 75. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellisville | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Fort White | 6.1 miles | 10 | |
| Mason | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Woftoka (historical) | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Myrtis | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Hollingsworth Bluff | 9.2 miles | 10 | |
| Columbia | 10.1 miles | 8 | |
| Ebenezer | 10.4 miles | 9 |
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 Mikesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18155430 | 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 294854. 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.




