Mildred, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the North Okeechobee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34972. It stands on Turkey Slough. The Survey maps it on the Taylor Creek SW quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 35 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
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Taylor Creek SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
215 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Mildred between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,175 acres in total. 43 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 43 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (OK) WETLAND (0603) |
| 18 September 2009 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (OK) DEK (0699) |
| 18 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-16-1280 |
| 18 September 1996 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | (OK) RIVER (693) |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 3.6 acres | Florida Forest Service | (OK) KISSISSIMEE OAKS (1261) |
| 5 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BASSWOOD. (47) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mildred in 1 storm report in 2020: 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2020 | Hail | Mildred | - | Hail up to quarter size was observed at the River Bluff RV Resort. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dixie Ranch Acres | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Basswood Estates | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Whispering Pines | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Barber Quarters | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Okeechobee | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Cypress Quarters | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Taylor Creek | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Basinger | 9.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295449. 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.






