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Hickory Hill, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Holmes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32464. It lies near Brownell Hill. The Survey maps it on the Prosperity quadrangle.

Hickory Hill within Holmes County

Then and now

1950 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hickory Hill, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Hickory Hill, surveyed 1950

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Hickory Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 606 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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 burning36
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking5
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
5 September 2002Debris and open burning18 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burning3.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 179A - 1364 (30)
26 September 2011Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHORSE BARN RD (30)
20 September 2010Debris and open burning2.5 acresFlorida Forest Service30/CORINTH RD-0548
29 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.8 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 2002Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 2017Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLARRY THOMAS LANE (30)
7 July 1998Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hickory Hill: 5 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Blue Spring Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Hudson Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Melson Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unnamed Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

Every working recorded in Holmes County

Storms near this place

8 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hickory Hill in 8 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 8 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
June 2022Thunderstorm WindHickory Hill$5,000Trees were blown down with many power outages northeast of Ponce De Leon.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindHickory Hill$2,000Two trees were blown down on Highway 81 north of Ponce De Leon. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
January 2022Thunderstorm WindHickory Hill$1,000A power line was blown down onto North Highway 81.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindHickory Hill$1,000A power line was blown down near Sand Pond Road and Cypress Street.
November 2014Thunderstorm WindHickory Hill$1,000Damage occurred to an outbuilding with trees also down. This was posted to the WJHG-TV facebook page by the public.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHickory Hill$1,000A tree was blown down along County Road 181 just north of Hickory Mill Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindHickory Hill-Trees were blown down along Highway 162.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindHickory Hill-Trees were blown down along Highway 181 near Red Road.

Every storm recorded in Holmes 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
Bounds Crossing1.8 miles14
Cerrogordo2.1 miles14
Prosperity2.4 miles14
Hudson2.9 miles14
Baker Settlement3.3 miles14
Arrant Settlement3.7 miles14
Bayou Crossing4.2 miles14
Westville5.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294802. 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.