Skipper, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32346. It stands on Skipper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spring Creek quadrangle.
Then and now
1940 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1940 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.
- 1940 USGS Arran quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Arran quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Spring Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Skipper between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,434 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 7 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 | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | RD 321 |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MASHES SAND 2 (65) |
| 24 September 2014 | Natural | 1.3 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | PURIFY BAY FIRE |
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | 7.0 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | JOE |
| 2 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | BOTTOMS |
| 12 August 2006 | Fireworks | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | LOBSTER |
| 8 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | 53 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | SMITH ROAD FIRE |
| 8 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | NATOUT3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Skipper: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millender Trucking & Land Clearing - Millender Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Panacea Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Wakulla Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panacea | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Panacea Park | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Medart | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Spring Creek | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Tully | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Live Oak Island | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Buckhorn | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Surf | 5.4 miles | 17 |
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 Q122551527 | The 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 306402. 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.







