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Lois, Florida

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32344. The Survey maps it on the Lake Miccosukee quadrangle.

Lois within Jefferson County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lois, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Lois, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Lois between 1992 and 2020, burning about 398 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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
Railroad operations and maintenance41
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
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
4 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(33) VALLEY VIEW COMMAND
3 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(33) TEXACO FIRE
18 July 2007Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(33) WILD TURKEY
17 July 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(33) BRUSH FIRE
8 June 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 June 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(37) CHERRY HILLS FARM FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

17 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lois in 17 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 2025Thunderstorm WindLois$2,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindLois$2,000Power outages due to downed trees were reported.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindLois$2,000Wind damage from flying debris resulted in a power outage.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindLois$2,000A tree was blown down onto a power line on Casa Bianca Road.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLois$1,000A tree was blown down west of Lois. Monetary damage was estimated.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindLois$1,000The Jefferson county 911 call center reported a tree down on Highway 90 just south of Lake Miccosukee. Monetary damage was estimated.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindLois-A tree and a power line were blown down on Old Lloyd Road near Monticello Ave.
April 2024Flash FloodLois-Flooding was reported at Old Lloyd and Piney Wood and Old Lloyd and Linton Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLois-A tree was blown down at Tally Hills and Highway 90.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindLois-A tree was blown down and blocked the westbound lane of Highway 90 near Rainey Run.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindLois-Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage near Highway 90 and Old Lloyd Road.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindLois-The Florida Highway Patrol traffic website reported trees down on I-10 eastbound near Mile Marker 221.
September 2020Flash FloodLois-A section of Casa Bianca Road was impassible due to an overflowing creek.
February 2012Heavy RainLois-A daily rainfall total of 3.52 inches was reported by CoCoRaHS site FL-JF-5.
March 2012Heavy RainLois-A 24 hour total of 3.80 inches was measured by FL-JF-5.
December 2011Heavy RainLois-A storm total rainfall of 3.15 inches was measured by CoCoRaHS site FL-JF-5.
April 2022HailLois-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Casa Blanco1.6 miles7
Montivilla2.1 miles7
Monticello2.7 miles7
Drifton2.9 miles9
Hatchcakamocha (historical)4.2 miles9
Nash5.1 miles9
Alma5.9 miles7
Festus5.9 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295415. 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.