Octahatchee, Florida
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jennings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32053. The Survey maps it on the Octahatchee 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.


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
- 1956 USGS Octahatchee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
173 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Octahatchee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 988 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 133 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-LOWNDES-009 |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CR152-2(24-04) |
| 20 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | COUNTY RD 152 (24-04) |
| 2 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | NW CR152 (24-04) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellville | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Jennings | 5.2 miles | 8 | |
| Blue Springs | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| West Lake | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Crossroads | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Alapaha (historical) | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Avoca | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Adams | 11.0 miles | 9 |
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 Q122544063 | 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 294871. 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.




