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Milltown, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Port St. Joe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32456. The Survey maps it on the Port Saint Joe quadrangle.

Milltown within Gulf County

Then and now

1943 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Milltown, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Milltown, surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Milltown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,645 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 12 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
Natural28
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 1999Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service23-HIGHLAND VIEW 2005-02-0548
30 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1995Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceRUTHERFORD RD (23)
28 September 2013Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHELL ROAD #1 OF 3 (23)
28 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSHELL ROAD #2 OF 3 (23)
28 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSHELL ROAD #3 OF 3 (23)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gulf 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 Milltown: 1 plant, 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite. 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
Basic Magnesia Solar Evapor. PlantMagnesitePlant
Premier Services - PlantMagnesiteProducerBrine

Every working recorded in Gulf County

Storms near this place

3 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milltown in 3 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 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
March 2025Thunderstorm WindMilltown$2,000Power lines were blown down in Port St Joe on Highway 71 and Ave A.
April 2024Flash FloodMilltown-Flooding was reported from First Street to Avenue D in Port St Joe.
March 2024HailMilltown-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gulf 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
Highland View1.1 miles16
Port Saint Joe1.5 miles16
Oak Grove2.9 miles16
Ward Ridge3.1 miles16
Niles3.4 miles16
White City5.4 miles14
Saint Joe Beach5.9 miles15
Beacon Hill7.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 286939. 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.