Montivilla, Florida
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32344. It lies near Texas Hill. The Survey maps it on the Lake Miccosukee quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Montivilla
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Palmer-Perkins House (Boundary Increase)listed 1986 · 0.8 miles away
Monticello High Schoollisted 1999 · 0.8 miles away
Palmer-Perkins Houselisted 1979 · 0.8 miles away
Denham-Lacy Houselisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Jefferson County Jaillisted 2014 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lake Miccosukee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Montivilla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 454 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 burning | 38 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | N JEFF **NOV**(33)-0529 |
| 3 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (33) BRUSH FIRE |
| 8 June 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (33) EAST GLEN RD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Montivilla in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Montivilla | - | New Monticello Road was closed from US-90 to West Lake Road due to flood erosion. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montivilla | - | A tree was blown down near Crooked Road near Monticello. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Montivilla | - | A tree was blown down on New Monticello Road near Highway 90. |
| April 2014 | Flash Flood | Montivilla | - | Flooding occurred on Highway 19 north of Monticello due to heavy rain in a short period of time. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monticello | 1.0 miles | 7 | |
| Lois | 2.1 miles | 7 | |
| Casa Blanco | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Drifton | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Alma | 4.5 miles | 7 | |
| Hatchcakamocha (historical) | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Festus | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Jarrett | 5.8 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122548236 | 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 295463. 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.
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.




