Milligan, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32531. It stands on Trammel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Baker quadrangle. It stands 108 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1949 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 29 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.
- 1949 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Baker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
205 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Milligan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 346 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 maintenance | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 120 |
| 24 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PICKENS CIRCLE FIRE - 1116 |
| 24 September 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SHOE FIRE - 1117 |
| 20 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WEST FORK FIRE - 1114 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Milligan: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Defuniak Springs - Crestview Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Okaloosa Co. Comm. - South Baker Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Okaloosa Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milligan in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Lightning | Milligan | $150,000 | Lightning struck a home near Milligan shortly after midnight. The home caught fire and was totally destroyed. The home had just been rebuilt after being damaged by Hurricane Ivan. The residents were able to get out of the burning house and were uninjured. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milligan | $4,000 | Trees were blown down near Milligan. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milligan | - | High winds downed trees on Antioch and Pioneer Road. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Milligan | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Crestview | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Galliver | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Springs | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Holt | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Nubbin Ridge | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Auburn | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Kellys Mill | 7.2 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Milligan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6859612 | 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 286927. 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.






