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Miller Crossroads, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Esto-Noma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32425. The Survey maps it on the Esto quadrangle.

Miller Crossroads within Holmes County

Then and now

1950 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Miller Crossroads, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Miller Crossroads, surveyed 1950

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

164 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 164 fires within 5 miles of Miller Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,098 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 14 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
Railroad operations and maintenance51
Debris and open burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism14
Smoking9
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceTJ MITCHELL (30)
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROBBIN'S BRIDGE RD (30)
24 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Service30/SOWELL LOOP-0559
18 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceESKER MARTIN RD (30)
15 September 2019Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 160 (30)
13 September 1997Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Miller Crossroads: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Holmes County

Storms near this place

5 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Miller Crossroads in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2016Thunderstorm WindMiller Crossroads$5,000Roof damage occurred to Millers Grocery Store along with power lines down. Damage was estimated.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindMiller Crossroads$500A tree was blown down on Spears Road as well as limbs down on the road near Highway 2 and Highway 177.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindMiller Crossroads-Trees were blown down along Highway 177.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMiller Crossroads-A tree was blown down along JW Miller Road near Highway 177A.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMiller Crossroads-A tree was blown down near Monroe Paul Road and Highway 177.

Every storm recorded in Holmes 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
Bethlehem1.7 miles14
Ards Crossroads2.7 miles14
Smith Crossroads2.8 miles15
Pittman4.2 miles15
Holland Crossroads5.2 miles14
Esto5.7 miles14
Izagora5.9 miles15
Hoover Mill6.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295453. 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.

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.