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Sills, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Malone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32446. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sills quadrangle.

Sills within Jackson County

Then and now

1952 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sills, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sills, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Sills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 648 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 burning22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service32/SELLERS ROAD-0544
20 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/SELLERS ROAD #2-0547
5 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePLAINVIEW (32)
3 July 1993Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 July 1995Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2007Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service32/HWY 162-0676
7 June 2000Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 June 2019Arson/incendiarism6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePLAINVIEW RD (32)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sills: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

15 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sills in 15 storm reports between 2013 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 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
January 2026Thunderstorm WindSills$3,000A downed tree hit a power line and caused a fire near Holyneck Road and Dudely Road.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindSills$2,000A power line was blown down on Highway 2 about 1 mile west of Old US Road.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindSills-A tree was blown down across New Bridge Road near Old US Road.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindSills-Trees were blown down on Everett Road.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindSills-Trees were blown down on Highway 162 west of Old US Road.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindSills-Trees were blown down throughout Jackson county including Highway 90, Highway 2, and Highway 162.
August 2021Flash FloodSills-The intersection of Highway 162 and Dudley Road was closed due to water running over the roadway.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSills-A tree was blown down near the intersection of Highway 2 and Old US Road.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindSills-Several large trees were blown down on Highway 2 between Campbellton and Malone.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindSills-Several trees were blown down.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindSills-A tree was blown down along Highway 69 off of Highway 231 heading towards Greenwood.
November 2015FloodSills-New Bridge Road was closed due to flooding.
April 2014Flash FloodSills-Approximately 64 roads were closed or underwater across Jackson county due to heavy rain and flash flooding.
August 2013Flash FloodSills-Water was flowing over the road at Highway 162 and Bump Nose Road North of Marianna.
August 2013Flash FloodSills-State Road 2 was flooded and impassible in spots.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Oktahatko (historical)1.2 miles14
Ellis2.6 miles12
Ellis Church2.7 miles12
Ellaville5.4 miles14
Waddells Mill5.6 miles14
Campbellton6.3 miles14
Malone6.5 miles12
Jacobs7.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294924. 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.