Ocheesee Landing, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Altha census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32442. It stands on Ocheesee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rock Bluff quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rock Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Rock Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
52 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Ocheesee Landing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 354 acres in total. 3 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 3 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | TORREYA STATE PARK ROAD (39) |
| 28 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 32/HOME FRONT RD-0866 |
| 21 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 June 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ocheesee Landing: 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. None of them 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 Ls. Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Dot Panama City - 40-Acre Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Liberty Co. Bd of Co. Comm. - Eddie Nobles Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Selman | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Henderson Mill | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Eufala (historical) | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Choconickla (historical) | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Island | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Altha | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cox | 9.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294870. 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.






