Tilton, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Apalachicola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32320. It stands on Pine Log Creek. The Survey maps it on the West Pass quadrangle.

Tilton within Franklin County

Then and now

1943 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tilton, surveyed 1988

Topographic sheet of Tilton, surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

1943 USGS West Pass quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
1943 USGS West Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Port Saint Joe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1982 USGS West Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Tilton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,334 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 4 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
Natural	23
Equipment and vehicle use	19
Debris and open burning	14
Misuse of fire by a minor	9
Railroad operations and maintenance	9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Recreation and ceremony	5
Arson/incendiarism	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Smoking	2

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
9 September 1999	Natural	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
29 September 2008	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	(19) HATHCOCK FIRE
25 September 2008	Smoking	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	(19) PARADISE FIRE
7 August 2006	Natural	425 acres	Florida Forest Service	730
3 August 1999	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
27 August 1998	Railroad operations and maintenance	15 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
24 August 2005	Natural	1.0 acres	St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge	D-56 EAGLE
21 August 2015	Natural	1,301 acres	St. Vincent National Wildlife Refuge	DRY BAR FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Nine Mile	2.6 miles	16
Franklin	2.9 miles	16
Bay City	3.5 miles	16
Eleven Mile	4.3 miles	15
Two Mile	4.3 miles	16
Apalachicola	5.3 miles	17
Achackwaithle (historical)	6.9 miles	16
Magnolia Bluffs	9.7 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294947. 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.