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Millville, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Panama City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32401. The Survey maps it on the Panama City quadrangle.

Millville within Bay 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 Millville, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Millville, surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Millville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 736 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 25 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
Misuse of fire by a minor56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Arson/incendiarism25
Equipment and vehicle use18
Natural13
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Smoking12
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1

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
7 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceREDFISH POINT (03)
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use60 acresFlorida Forest Service03 / CROSSROADS FIRE
25 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03/AZALEA CIRCLE-0615
23 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03-STAR & TRAM RD 2005-02-0572
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceORMOND ( 0 3 )
3 August 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2009Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service03/#1 LIGHTNING WESTERN-0563

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bay County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Millville: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Fla. Asphalt & PavingSandProducer
Bay Co. PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Calloway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gulf Asphalt Corp.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bay County

Storms near this place

6 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millville in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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
October 2021Flash FloodMillville$10,000Four inches of water was reported in a home on North Gray Ave.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindMillville$2,000A power line was blown down.
June 2022LightningMillville$2,000Lightning struck a storage shed and resulted in a fire.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindMillville$2,000Power lines were blown down along Harris Avenue in the Panama City area. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 2016Thunderstorm WindMillville-A large tree was blown down in a backyard in the Millville community.
July 2013Flash FloodMillville-Considerable flash flooding was reported across Panama City with reports of water entering some homes and businesses.

Every storm recorded in Bay 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
Bay Harbor0.9 miles15
Glenwood0.9 miles17
Springfield1.0 miles15
Cove1.1 miles17
Cedar Grove1.4 miles17
Panama City1.7 miles17
Parker2.0 miles15
Cromanton2.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 286942. 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.