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Hilolo, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the North Okeechobee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34972. The Survey maps it on the Taylor Creek NE quadrangle.

Hilolo within Okeechobee County

Then and now

1953 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hilolo, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Hilolo, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Hilolo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,447 acres in total. 36 started naturally. None was 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
Natural36
Debris and open burning20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Other causes1
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(OK) HILO ROAD (1161)
25 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(OK) HARVESTER (1485)
7 August 2016Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDETAINED (47)
29 August 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service1125-OK-FIRE
22 August 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(OK) TINY (1363)
20 August 1997Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2006Natural22 acresFlorida Forest Service(OK) ROLLINS (1338)
12 August 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(OK) SIBONEY FIRE (1071)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okeechobee County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hilolo in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2021: 2 funnel cloud, 1 hail, 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
March 2016HailHilolo$5,000A severe thunderstorm produced hail up to golf ball size at the Country Hills Estates, north of the City of Okeechobee. The hail was observed at Okeechobee County Fire Rescue Station 4 near the intersection of Highway 441 and NE 168th Street, and also by nearby residents. The hail reportedly fell for over 5 minutes, Video was obtained.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindHilolo-Okeechobee County Emergency Management relayed reports of wind damage at a local farm in the Dark Hammock area, located near the intersection of NE 120th Street and NE 56th Avenue. Three chicken barns suffered extensive roof damage and one grain storage bin was destroyed. Two trailers parked along a nearby road were also knocked over by the wind.
August 2017Funnel CloudHilolo-A weather spotter observed a funnel cloud to his north as he was driving on US Highway 441 at the intersection of NE 240th Street, south of Fort Drum.
August 2012Funnel CloudHilolo-A fire department official, looking north from the Okeechobee County Correctional Institution, briefly observed a funnel cloud.

Every storm recorded in Okeechobee 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
Eagle Island3.9 miles13
Fort Drum5.7 miles14
Osowaw Junction9.6 miles14
Dixie Ranch Acres11.3 miles13
Whispering Pines12.4 miles14
Basswood Estates12.7 miles14
Basinger13.4 miles13
Cypress Quarters13.8 miles14

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 Q122567269The 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 294807. 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.

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.