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Waddells Mill, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Campbellton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32446. The Survey maps it on the Cottondale East quadrangle.

Waddells Mill within Jackson County

Then and now

1952 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Waddells Mill, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Waddells Mill, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Waddells Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 880 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 2 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 burning25
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePLANTATION CIRCLE (32)
1 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2009Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/LOVEWOOD RD-0558
28 July 2006Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service32/DOUGLAS ROAD-0886
14 July 1995Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2007Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service32/HWY 162-0676
7 June 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Waddells Mill: 5 past producers, 5 producers, 4 prospects, 3 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anderson Columbia Company, Inc. - Jackson Co. MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Florida Asphalt and Paving Co. - Sexton PitSandProducer
Gulf Asphalt - Imperial MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Imperial Mine, Anderson ColumbiaLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Jackson Co. Bd of Co. Comm. - Holy Neck MineSandUnknown
White Constr. - Jones MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
White Construction Co. - White PitSandProducer
White Construction Company, Inc. - Ww Henley MineSandUnknownSand
Marianna Ls Products QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sam Smith MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson 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
Jacobs4.2 miles14
Oktahatko (historical)5.4 miles14
Glass5.5 miles14
Sills5.6 miles14
Cottondale5.7 miles14
Ellis6.4 miles12
Campbellton6.8 miles14
Ellaville7.7 miles14

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 Q122547464The 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 295691. 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.