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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.

Mildred within Okeechobee County

Then and now

1953 to 1988

The 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 sheet of Mildred, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Mildred, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

215 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural43
Railroad operations and maintenance43
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
24 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2008Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(OK) WETLAND (0603)
18 September 2009Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(OK) DEK (0699)
18 September 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-16-1280
18 September 1996Natural2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service(OK) RIVER (693)
7 August 2006Natural3.6 acresFlorida Forest Service(OK) KISSISSIMEE OAKS (1261)
5 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBASSWOOD. (47)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okeechobee County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2020HailMildred-Hail up to quarter size was observed at the River Bluff RV Resort.

Every storm recorded in Okeechobee 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
Dixie Ranch Acres3.1 miles13
Basswood Estates4.0 miles14
Whispering Pines4.9 miles14
Barber Quarters5.4 miles14
Okeechobee6.1 miles15
Cypress Quarters6.6 miles14
Taylor Creek8.9 miles15
Basinger9.2 miles13

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.