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Sconiers Mill, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the DeFuniak Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32435. It stands on Kiser Branch. The Survey maps it on the De Funiak Springs West quadrangle.

Sconiers Mill within Walton County

Then and now

1935 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sconiers Mill, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Sconiers Mill, surveyed 1935

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Sconiers Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,412 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 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
Railroad operations and maintenance37
Debris and open burning37
Equipment and vehicle use29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking11
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Fireworks2

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
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2019Other causes12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMILLARD GAINEY (66)
17 September 2010Fireworksunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/SMITH RD-0535
17 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/COSSON RD2005-02-0565

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton 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 Sconiers Mill: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Walton 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
Pleasant Ridge1.1 miles17
Cosson Mill1.7 miles17
Steele Church2.3 miles17
De Funiak Springs3.8 miles15
Dixon4.5 miles17
Alpine Heights5.1 miles17
Walcan5.2 miles15
New Home5.7 miles16

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 Q122561648The 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 295604. 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.