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Rock Hill, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Redbay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32435. The Survey maps it on the Rock Hill quadrangle.

Rock Hill within Walton County

Then and now

1935 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rock Hill, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Rock Hill, surveyed 1935

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Rock Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,159 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 17 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 maintenance22
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking4
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
20 September 2019Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNOKUSE PLANTATION (66)
13 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceKRING RD (66)
7 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service66/ROCK HILL RD0881
5 August 2011Natural10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNOKUSE (66)
31 August 2006Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service66/OTI ROAD
30 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2002Debris and open burning65 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2004Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFREEPORT FIRE2004-02-0571

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walton County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rock Hill: 2 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Walton County

Storms near this place

12 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rock Hill in 12 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 2 flood, 2 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
August 2011Thunderstorm WindRock Hill$3,000Trees were blown down at the intersection of Sherwood Road and U.S. Highway 331. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindRock Hill$2,000A couple of power lines were downed due to wind blowing trees onto them.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindRock Hill$2,000A tree was blown down onto a power line near 5687 S US 331. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindRock Hill-A tree was blown down on Rock Hill Road near Oti Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindRock Hill-A couple of trees were blown down along Highway 83.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindRock Hill-A couple of trees were blown down near Wakulla County Fire Station 2.
February 2018FloodRock Hill-Water over Sherwood Road resulted in a road closure. This was caused by a long duration of moderate to occasionally heavy rain.
September 2015Flash FloodRock Hill-Highway 331 was closed from I-10 southward to Rock Hill due to flash flooding.
September 2015Flash FloodRock Hill-McKinnon Bridge Road and Sherwood Road were both flooded from Bruce Creek with an estimated depth of 4 feet.
April 2012Heavy RainRock Hill-A storm total rainfall of 3.68 inches was measured through 8:15 PM CDT from the Northwest Florida Water Management District rain gauge located at First American Well #47 in Walton County.
September 2012FloodRock Hill-Indian Creek Ranch Road was closed due to areal flooding.
December 2011Heavy RainRock Hill-The Northwest Florida Water Management District rain gauge located at First American Farms Well #47 measured 3.62 inches of rain in an approximately 17 hour period from 3 pm on December 20th to 8 am on December 21st.

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
Steele Church4.0 miles17
Eucheeanna4.5 miles15
New Home6.0 miles16
Sconiers Mill6.2 miles17
Freeport7.2 miles16
Pleasant Ridge7.3 miles17
Portland7.7 miles16
Cosson Mill7.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294909. 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.