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Knox Hill, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Redbay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32455. It stands on Peavey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ponce de Leon quadrangle.

Knox Hill within Walton County

Then and now

1948 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 46 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Knox Hill, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Knox Hill, surveyed 1948

Compare 1948 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Knox Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 518 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning32
Equipment and vehicle use27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Smoking11
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural1
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
30 September 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 81 (66)
16 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton 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 Knox Hill: 3 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 Clay DepositClayProspect
Ditch Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Morrison Springs Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

9 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Knox Hill in 9 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 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 2012Thunderstorm WindKnox Hill$1,000A tree was blown down across SR-81 and blocking the road about 5 miles south of Holmes county border. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindKnox Hill-A tree was blown down onto W C Currington Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindKnox Hill-Trees were blown down on Highway 81 at Magnolia.
September 2020Flash FloodKnox Hill-County Highway 183 South was underwater at White Creek.
February 2018FloodKnox Hill-Crooked Creek Road was closed due to flooding from a long duration of moderate to occasionally heavy rainfall. This road intersects with a small creek.
February 2018FloodKnox Hill-Water over the road at White Creek Road resulted in a road closure. This road intersects with a small creek. This was caused by a long duration of moderate to occasionally heavy rain.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindKnox Hill-Trees were blown down on Highway 181C near Morrison Springs blocking the road.
September 2016Thunderstorm WindKnox Hill-A tree was blown down across Highway 81.
April 2014Flash FloodKnox Hill-The road eroded away near White Creek.

Every storm recorded in Walton 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
Douglass Crossroads3.3 miles15
Redbay3.5 miles13
Eucheeanna4.6 miles15
Argyle7.1 miles15
Rock Hill8.4 miles16
Koerber8.4 miles15
Walcan8.9 miles15
Battle Ground Forks9.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 285168. 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.