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Millers Ferry, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Caryville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32462. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Millers Ferry quadrangle.

Millers Ferry within Washington County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Millers Ferry, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Millers Ferry, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Millers Ferry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 787 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 burning21
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
15 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2002Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceICE TEA RD (67)
28 July 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service67/WARD PLACE-0472
2 July 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service67/GALLOWAY-0668
27 June 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Millers Ferry: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Spears Camp Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

1 since 2026

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millers Ferry in 1 storm report in 2026: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2026Thunderstorm WindMillers Ferry-A tree was blown down onto Stumpknocker Trail.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Live Oak1.2 miles13
New Hope1.9 miles13
Bunker Donation3.1 miles13
Norum4.9 miles13
Coosada Old Town (historical)5.1 miles15
Holmes Valley5.4 miles14
Red Head5.9 miles16
Hinsons Crossroads6.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295455. 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.