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Chipola, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Blountstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32421. The Survey maps it on the Altha East quadrangle.

Chipola within Calhoun 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 Chipola, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Chipola, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Chipola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 818 acres in total. 10 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 burning26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
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
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNW HWY 275 (07)
23 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service07/LUKE HOLLAND ROAD-0557
30 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNW WATSON (07)
29 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceJP PEACOCK RD (7)
4 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service730
20 July 2000Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1995Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chipola: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Dot Panama City - 13-Acre MineSandUnknownSand

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chipola in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2023Thunderstorm WindChipola-A tree was blown down onto Highway 71 near Ashley Shiver Road.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Leonards (historical)1.9 miles15
Chason4.4 miles13
Eufala (historical)4.5 miles13
Altha4.5 miles13
Pine Island4.5 miles15
Durham (historical)4.9 miles15
Willis4.9 miles13
Henderson Mill5.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295191. 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.