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Henderson Mill, Florida

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

Henderson Mill 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 Henderson Mill, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Henderson Mill, 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

69 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Henderson Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 581 acres in total. 7 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 burning23
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceJP PEACOCK RD (7)
27 July 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/JUNE ROAD FIRE-0880
12 July 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1995Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1995Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 July 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service07/PEANUT MILL FIRE -0815

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Henderson Mill: 3 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Unnamed Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Blountstown Sand Co. - Dees MineSandProducer
Dot Panama City - 40-Acre MineSandUnknownSand
Roberts Sand Company, Inc. - Cumbaa MineSandUnknown
Roberts Sand Company, Inc. - Dees MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henderson Mill in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 flash flood. 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
July 2023Flash FloodHenderson Mill-Water was over the road in the 20500 block of NE County Road 274.

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
Ocheesee2.8 miles13
Altha3.1 miles13
Selman3.1 miles13
Cox4.4 miles13
Chipola5.0 miles13
Eufala (historical)5.1 miles13
Ocheesee Landing5.6 miles12
Willis6.3 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q5713376The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295345. 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.