BlockDills, Florida
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32344. The Survey maps it on the Monticello quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 27 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
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Monticello quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
51 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Dills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 647 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2019 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | BOSTON RD (33) 0560 |
| 25 August 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LUTHER FOUNTAIN (33) |
| 19 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (33) BROCK RD FIRE 2 |
| 21 July 2007 | Natural | 100 acres | Florida Forest Service | (33) SOUTH GILLY RD |
| 17 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (33) DEERWOOD BLVD FIRE |
| 8 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (33) GILLEY RD FIRE |
| 21 May 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dills in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | $5,000 | Downed trees and power lines reported by the Jefferson County EMA. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | $2,000 | Trees and large tree limbs were blown down into power lines and resulted in power outages in northeast Jefferson county. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | $2,000 | A power line was blown down near Ashville Highway. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on Dills Road near Brock Road. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | $1,000 | The county dispatch reported that a tree fell on a power line south of Dills. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | $1,000 | A power line was blown down near Dills. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | $1,000 | A tree was blown down along Brock Road. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | $1,000 | Trees down along State Highway 146 10 miles north of Aucilla near Dills. |
| March 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | - | Trees were blown down along Dills Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | - | A tree was blown down and blocked Salt Road near Ashville Highway and Government Farms Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | - | Two trees were blocking the road near 2762 Fulford Rd. |
| January 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | - | A tree was blown down across the road at North Salt Road about one mile south of Ashville Highway. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | - | A tree was blown down along Brock Road near Ashville Highway. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | - | Trees were blown down on Ashville Highway and also on Brock Road. |
| December 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | - | Trees were blown down on Brock Rd. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | - | Wind damage from flying debris resulted in a power outage. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dills | - | A tree was blown down onto Government Farm Road. |
| February 2012 | Heavy Rain | Dills | - | A daily rainfall total of 3.47 inches was reported by CoCoRaHS site FL-JF-4. |
| March 2012 | Heavy Rain | Dills | - | A 24 hour total of 3.65 inches was measured by FL-JF-4. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashville | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Alma | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Monticello | 7.5 miles | 7 | |
| Montivilla | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Jarrett | 8.6 miles | 7 | |
| Casa Blanco | 9.6 miles | 7 | |
| Aucilla | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Lois | 10.1 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294746. 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.
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.