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Facil, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the White Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32096. It stands on McCall Branch. The Survey maps it on the White Springs West quadrangle.

Facil within Hamilton County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The 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 sheet of Facil, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Facil, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

181 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Facil between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,137 acres in total. 22 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
Debris and open burning48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Railroad operations and maintenance30
Natural22
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service100TH WAY (24-06)
18 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWOODPECKER (24-06)
13 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2001Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service61-MATTRESS FIRE-0962

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Facil: 1 plant, 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
North Florida-South Georgia DistrictPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1930, 1964
White Springs DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1967
White Springs Phos-Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
White Springs Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1966

Every working recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Facil in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
April 2023Thunderstorm WindFacil-A tree was blown down on SE 99th Way. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindFacil-A tree was blown down near SE County Road 137 and Highway 41. The time of damage was based on radar.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindFacil-A large barn was badly damaged by thunderstorm winds in addition to window and roof damage to 3 homes along County Road 137 to the NW of White Springs. Several trees were blown down over the road. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindFacil-Trees were blown down along State Road 41 a few miles northwest of White Springs.
February 2008HailFacil-Dime sized hail was reported by Emergency Management.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindFacil-Two large trees were blown down and dime size hail occurred near the Bienville Plantation.

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
White Springs3.0 miles9
Genoa3.3 miles9
Purvis Still4.6 miles9
Long Branch5.2 miles9
Camps Still6.1 miles9
Blacks Still7.0 miles9
Belmont9.4 miles9
Hillcoat9.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295271. 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.