Miller Bend, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Freeport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32455. It stands on Little Cypress Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bruce quadrangle.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 44 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
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1944 USGS Bruce quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Bruce quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Bruce quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Bruce quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
86 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Miller Bend between 1992 and 2020, burning about 745 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 10 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03/PINE LOG FIRE2007-02-0884 |
| 7 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PINE LOG # 2 |
| 20 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 66/MONROE-0849 |
| 2 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Miller Bend: 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spears Camp Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Washington Co. Comm. - Ebro Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Dot Marianna - Ebro Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Granger Asphalt Paving, Inc. - Granger Ebro Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Gulf Asphalt Corp. - Ebro Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Gulf Asphalt Corp. - Gulf Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Herry Gwin Co. - Gwin Pit | Sand | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battle Ground Forks | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Bruce | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Redbay | 8.8 miles | 13 | |
| Bunker | 12.0 miles | 16 | |
| Old Bay View | 12.2 miles | 16 | |
| Knox Hill | 12.2 miles | 15 | |
| Freeport | 13.4 miles | 16 | |
| Fluffy Landing | 13.6 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122555125 | 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 295452. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.








