BlockBefore

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.

Milligan within Okaloosa County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The 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 sheet of Milligan, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Milligan, surveyed 1949

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

205 since 1992

Regional 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 maintenance62
Debris and open burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2

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
9 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burning1.6 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Service120
24 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePICKENS CIRCLE FIRE - 1116
24 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHOE FIRE - 1117
20 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWEST FORK FIRE - 1114

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dot Defuniak Springs - Crestview MineSandUnknown
Okaloosa Co. Comm. - South Baker MineClayUnknown
Okaloosa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Okaloosa County

Storms near this place

4 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2007LightningMilligan$150,000Lightning 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 1998Thunderstorm WindMilligan$4,000Trees were blown down near Milligan.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindMilligan-High winds downed trees on Antioch and Pioneer Road.
April 2005HailMilligan-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okaloosa 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
Baker3.8 miles13
Crestview3.8 miles14
Galliver4.0 miles16
Silver Springs6.0 miles14
Holt6.1 miles16
Nubbin Ridge6.3 miles13
Auburn7.2 miles14
Kellys Mill7.2 miles18

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 MilliganAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6859612The 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.