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.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The 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 sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Palmdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
157 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 56 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | HAMMOCK (22) |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LITTLE EUCALYPTUS (22) |
| 5 August 2012 | Natural | 35 acres | Florida Forest Service | WESTSIDE EUCALYPTUS (22) |
| 24 August 1996 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 1996 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LYKES 74 (22) |
| 13 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caloosa Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ridgedill & Son, Inc. - Ridgdill No. 5 | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| E.R. Jahna Industries - Ortona Sand Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Florida Rock Industries - Caloosa Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Florida Rock Industries - Witherspoon | Sand | Producer | ||
| Harper Brothers - Palm Dale | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hall City | - | A tree was blown down over a road in the community of Muse. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisburg | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Ortona | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Palmdale | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Goodno | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Muse | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Centre | 10.2 miles | 12 | |
| Washington Park | 12.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lakeport | 12.5 miles | 12 |
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.






