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Oktahatko, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32446. The Survey maps it on the Sills quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oktahatko within Jackson 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 Oktahatko (historical), surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Oktahatko (historical), surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Oktahatko (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 876 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2

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
20 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service32/SELLERS ROAD-0544
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/SELLERS ROAD #2-0547
5 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePLAINVIEW (32)
3 July 1993Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 July 1995Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2007Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service32/HWY 162-0676
3 June 2019Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePLAINVIEW RD (32)
17 June 1993Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oktahatko (historical): 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Sills1.2 miles14
Ellis1.6 miles12
Ellis Church2.6 miles12
Waddells Mill5.4 miles14
Malone5.8 miles12
Ellaville6.5 miles14
Greenwood7.1 miles14
Campbellton7.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294506. 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.