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Sink Creek, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cypress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32448. It stands on Sink Creek. The Survey maps it on the Altha West quadrangle.

Sink Creek 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 Sink Creek, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sink Creek, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Sink Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 572 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 7 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 burning31
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
3 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceELLENORA LN (32)
22 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBUSH LOOP (32)
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/HASTY POND RD-0529
13 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/HASTY POND RD-0582

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Sink Creek: 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite. 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
Dolomite, Inc. - Rocky CreekDolomiteProducerLimestone
Rocky Creek MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed Ls ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Dixie Lime Products - Sink CreekLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Green Valley Lime Company, Inc. - Sink Creek MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
North Florida Rock, L.P. - Marianna MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Sink Creek MineLimestone, GeneralProducer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

7 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sink Creek in 7 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
December 2022Thunderstorm WindSink Creek$2,000A power outage due to strong thunderstorm winds affected 22 customers along Maddox Road.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindSink Creek$1,000Photos show tree and limbs down as well as damaged playground equipment. Damage cost was estimated.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindSink Creek-A large tree fell and covered Highway 73 between Button Ln and Hasty Pond Rd.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSink Creek-Trees were blown down near Highway 73 and Hasty Pond Rd.
February 2021Thunderstorm WindSink Creek-Trees were blown down on Highway 73 along the Jackson/Calhoun county line.
December 2018Flash FloodSink Creek-The Florida Highway Patrol reported water over the road near the intersection of Bigbone Lane and Highway 71.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSink Creek-A tree was blown down near the intersection of SR 73 and Hasty Pond Road.

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
Rock Creek2.1 miles13
Alliance2.2 miles13
Simsville4.2 miles13
Oakdale6.3 miles13
Star6.6 miles13
Cypress7.5 miles13
Hyhappo (historical)8.5 miles12
Shady Grove8.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 291171. 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.