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Two Mile, 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. The Survey maps it on the West Pass quadrangle.

Two Mile 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 Two Mile, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Two Mile, 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.

Fires near this place

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Two Mile between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,669 acres in total. 10 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
Equipment and vehicle use19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural10
Debris and open burning10
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
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
9 September 1999Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2008Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(19) HATHCOCK FIRE
25 September 2008Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(19) PARADISE FIRE
6 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE MARSH (19)--0495
3 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceKEVIN RD (19)
13 August 1999Natural250 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 August 2016Fireworks6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCIPIO CREEK (19)

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Apalachicola1.5 miles17
Franklin2.6 miles16
Bay City3.0 miles16
Tilton4.3 miles16
Magnolia Bluffs5.9 miles17
Nine Mile6.0 miles16
Eastpoint7.0 miles17
Achackwaithle (historical)7.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 299057. 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.