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.
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 14 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 Sills quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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 Sills quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Sills quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 32/SELLERS ROAD-0544 |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 32/SELLERS ROAD #2-0547 |
| 5 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PLAINVIEW (32) |
| 3 July 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 July 1995 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 32/HWY 162-0676 |
| 3 June 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PLAINVIEW RD (32) |
| 17 June 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.W. Roberst Contrating, Inc. - W. Dennis Creamer Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Jackson Co. Bd of Co. Comm. - Holy Neck 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sills | 1.2 miles | 14 | |
| Ellis | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Ellis Church | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Waddells Mill | 5.4 miles | 14 | |
| Malone | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Ellaville | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Greenwood | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Campbellton | 7.3 miles | 14 |
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.







