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Steele Church, 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 Sconiers Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the De Funiak Springs West quadrangle.

Steele Church 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 Steele Church, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Steele Church, 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

139 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Steele Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 443 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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
Equipment and vehicle use25
Railroad operations and maintenance24
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking9
Natural8
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceKRING RD (66)
13 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/COSSON RD2005-02-0565
31 August 2006Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service66/OTI ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Steele Church: 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 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, ConstructionPast Producer
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
Sconiers Mill2.3 miles17
Pleasant Ridge3.4 miles17
Rock Hill4.0 miles16
Cosson Mill4.0 miles17
New Home4.7 miles16
De Funiak Springs5.3 miles15
Eucheeanna5.4 miles15
Walcan6.2 miles15

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 Q122589520The 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 301679. 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.