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.
Then and now
1952 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1952 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1952 USGS Altha East quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Altha East quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Altha East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | LEWIS LANE (32) |
| 19 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 32/JUNE ROAD FIRE-0880 |
| 21 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 1995 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Limestone Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Blountstown Sand Co. - Dees Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Dot Panama City - 40-Acre Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Roberts Sand Company, Inc. - Cumbaa Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Roberts Sand Company, Inc. - Dees Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Ocheesee | - | Calhoun County Sheriff's Office reported a tornado touched down on the Northwest side of Highway 73 near State Road 274. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocheesee Landing | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Selman | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Henderson Mill | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Eufala (historical) | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Altha | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Cox | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Island | 7.2 miles | 15 | |
| Chipola | 7.3 miles | 13 |
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 Q122598389 | 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 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.







