BlockBefore

Hall City, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Southwest Glades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33471. It stands on Turkey Branch. The Survey maps it on the Palmdale quadrangle.

Hall City within Glades County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hall City, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Hall City, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

157 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Hall City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,716 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 6 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
Natural56
Equipment and vehicle use31
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
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
6 August 2012Natural30 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHAMMOCK (22)
5 August 2012Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLITTLE EUCALYPTUS (22)
5 August 2012Natural35 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWESTSIDE EUCALYPTUS (22)
24 August 1996Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1996Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 1997Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 2020Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLYKES 74 (22)
13 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glades County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hall City: 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Caloosa MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ridgedill & Son, Inc. - Ridgdill No. 5Limestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
E.R. Jahna Industries - Ortona Sand MineSandProducer
Florida Rock Industries - Caloosa MineSandProducer
Florida Rock Industries - WitherspoonSandProducer
Harper Brothers - Palm DaleSandProducer

Every working recorded in Glades County

Storms near this place

1 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hall City in 1 storm report in 2008: 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
April 2008Thunderstorm WindHall City-A tree was blown down over a road in the community of Muse.

Every storm recorded in Glades 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
Harrisburg3.5 miles12
Ortona4.5 miles11
Palmdale4.7 miles12
Goodno7.6 miles11
Muse9.6 miles12
Fort Centre10.2 miles12
Washington Park12.5 miles11
Lakeport12.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294794. 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.