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Orange Mills, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the East Palatka census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32131. It stands on Dog Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hastings quadrangle.

Orange Mills within Putnam County

Then and now

1912 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Orange Mills, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Orange Mills, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

133 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Orange Mills between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,160 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 18 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
Natural33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism18
Equipment and vehicle use13
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
19 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/MILLICAN RD FIRE
18 September 2016Natural49 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFOREST CREEK 2 (54)
14 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/RUN AWAY FIRE
29 August 2016Natural12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFOREST CREEK (54)
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/ROUND HOUSE FIRE/0861
19 August 2006Natural35 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/YELVINGTON RD FIRE
18 August 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOAK HAVEN RD (54)
18 August 2010Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/SHAGGY LANE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Orange Mills in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindOrange Mills$200Caller reported large oak tree branches were blown down on his property near the intersection of West River Rd and Chaffey Rd. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion in Storm Data.
January 2025Thunderstorm WindOrange Mills-Putnam County Emergency Management reports downed trees, a damaged shed, and damage to a porch along Federal Point Road in East Palatka. The of damage based on radar data.
July 2024Tornado (EF0)Orange Mills-Waterspout was spotted by county deputy over the St. Johns River near SR 207 and Rector Road. No injuries or damage was reported.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindOrange Mills-Trees were blown down.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindOrange Mills-Thunderstorm winds severely damaged 8 homes near the West River Road and Mink Road intersection. Homes had roof damage...numerous trees down...and out buildings were damaged. The cost of damage was unknown.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindOrange Mills-Trees and power lines were blown down along County road 207A.
June 1996Flash FloodOrange Mills-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Patersonville0.7 miles16
Cypress Point1.3 miles16
Grandview1.7 miles16
East Palatka2.3 miles16
Fairview2.5 miles16
Rollestown (historical)3.8 miles16
Palatka4.2 miles17
Pecan4.4 miles17

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 Q122567070The 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 288217. 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.

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.