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Rock Creek, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32531. It stands on Cobb Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hurricane Lake quadrangle.

Rock Creek within Okaloosa County

Then and now

1948 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rock Creek, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Rock Creek, surveyed 1948

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

161 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 161 fires within 5 miles of Rock Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,823 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 44 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
Arson/incendiarism44
Equipment and vehicle use32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning18
Natural16
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1

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
7 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2019Arson/incendiarism125 acresFlorida Forest ServiceS34 (57)
22 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCHARLES BOOKER ROAD (46)
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service46 - KENNEDY BRIDGE RD FIRE - 0836
9 August 2020Equipment and vehicle use20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNORTH BELANDVILLE HAYFIELD (57)
9 August 2007Natural204 acresFlorida Forest Service57 - SMOKEY'S BIRTHDAY FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rock Creek: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mallory Jeffers - Jeffers MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Okaloosa 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
Beaver Creek5.7 miles12
Escambia Farms7.7 miles14
Good Hope7.8 miles14
Blackman8.0 miles14
Cannon Town9.2 miles13
Nubbin Ridge10.0 miles13
Peaden11.0 miles13
Oak Grove11.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306295. 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.