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Ocheesee, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Altha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32424. It stands on Flowers Creek. The Survey maps it on the Altha East quadrangle.

Ocheesee within Calhoun County

Then and now

1952 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ocheesee, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Ocheesee, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Ocheesee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 503 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None 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 burning26
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLEWIS LANE (32)
19 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 July 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/JUNE ROAD FIRE-0880
21 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1995Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Ocheesee: 3 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Blountstown Sand Co. - Dees MineSandProducer
Dot Panama City - 40-Acre MineSandUnknownSand
Roberts Sand Company, Inc. - Cumbaa MineSandUnknown
Roberts Sand Company, Inc. - Dees MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

1 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ocheesee in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 tornado. 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
November 1995Tornado (F0)Ocheesee-Calhoun County Sheriff's Office reported a tornado touched down on the Northwest side of Highway 73 near State Road 274.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Ocheesee Landing2.7 miles12
Selman2.8 miles13
Henderson Mill2.8 miles13
Eufala (historical)5.3 miles13
Altha5.9 miles13
Cox6.7 miles13
Pine Island7.2 miles15
Chipola7.3 miles13

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 Q122598389The 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 295499. 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.