Brock Crossroad, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Chipley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32428. It stands on Gully Branch. The Survey maps it on the Poplar Head quadrangle.
Then and now
1950 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1950 USGS Poplar Head quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Poplar Head quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Poplar Head quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Brock Crossroad between 1992 and 2019, burning about 741 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 3 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 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PICKRON ROAD (30) |
| 24 September 1997 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BEDIE ROAD (67) |
| 7 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DOTTIE WEST LN (67) |
| 6 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2003-02-1024 |
| 29 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | COLEMAN HILL #1 (67) |
| 25 August 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CHESTNUT ROAD (67) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Brock Crossroad: 13 prospects, 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleman Limestone Deposit | Limestone, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| White Constr. - Trawick Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| C.W. Roberts Contr. Co. - Washington Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| M & O Sand & Fill Equip Sandhills | Sand | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Clay Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Berry N G Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Hinson and Corcoran | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brock Crossroad in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF2) | Brock Crossroad | $250,000 | Initial damage was noted near the intersection of Owen Place and Piney Grove Roads. From the touchdown point, damage, consisting of hundreds of snapped and uprooted trees, was continuous right to the Jackson County border along Corbin Rd. The tornado|intensified as it moved across Jackson County. In addition to downing many hundreds of trees there was significant structural damage at two locations. The first was at a farm off Farren Ranch Road where a two story outbuilding/home was completely|destroyed with debris thrown several hundred yards. The second was along Bethlehem Rd. south of Kynesville Rd. where several mobile homes suffered significant damage. One of the mobile homes was completely destroyed with it's frame wrapped into a tree. |Fortunately the mobile home was vacant at the time. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brock Crossroad | $3,000 | A power line was blown down at 1945 Cane Mill Road. |
| February 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brock Crossroad | $1,000 | A tree was blown down near Hard Labor Road as well as Brooks Bay Road. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brock Crossroad | $1,000 | A tree was blown down near Bonnett Pond Rd. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Brock Crossroad | - | Flooding was reported around the Clayton Road bridge near Johnson Road. |
| August 2021 | Flash Flood | Brock Crossroad | - | A portion of Clayton Road was reported underwater. |
| April 2014 | Flash Flood | Brock Crossroad | - | Flooding was reported on Clayton Road from heavy rainfall in a short period of time. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Head | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Johnson Crossroad | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Bells Mill | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Wausau | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Bradford | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Sylvania | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Vernon | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Five Points | 6.6 miles | 13 |
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 Q122566644 | 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 294696. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.







