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Muddy Ford, Florida

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Eglin AFB census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32566. It lies near West Head. The Survey maps it on the Holley quadrangle.

Muddy Ford within Santa Rosa County

Then and now

1921 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Muddy Ford, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Muddy Ford, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

235 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Muddy Ford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25,788 acres in total. 6 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
Railroad operations and maintenance61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined53
Debris and open burning36
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism12
Smoking9
Fireworks6
Natural6
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRED HERON (57)
6 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.6 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMENORCA FIRE - 1181
30 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceKIT LANE (57)
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service57-SUNNYBROOK FIRE-1462
24 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceEL PASEO FIRE-1661
22 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Rosa 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 Muddy Ford: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. 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
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Edward M. Chadburn, Inc. -Holly MineSandUnknown
M and L Sand Co. - Navarre MineSandProducer
O.C. Mills Sand Co. - Mills MineSandProducer

Every working recorded in Santa Rosa 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
Holley1.1 miles20
Harper1.3 miles20
Navarre4.3 miles18
Woodlawn Beach7.1 miles20
Broxson7.6 miles20
Pine Bluff8.2 miles20
Dickerson City8.9 miles18
Tiger Point10.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295470. 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.