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Snow Hill, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Oviedo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32732. The Survey maps it on the Geneva quadrangle.

Snow Hill within Seminole County

Then and now

1953 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Snow Hill, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Snow Hill, surveyed 1953

Compare 1953 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

174 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Snow Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,069 acres in total. 80 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
Natural80
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
6 September 2007Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHERE WE GO AGAIN (3)
5 September 2011Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALMOST (59)
16 September 2018Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLOCKWOOD- (59)
15 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSUNSHOWER (59)
13 September 2011Natural4.2 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTWO POND (59)
11 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole 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 Snow Hill: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Excavated Products, Inc - Sr 46SandProducer
Hubbard Construction - Demetree North MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Seminole County

Storms near this place

2 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snow Hill in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
April 2023Funnel CloudSnow Hill-Trained spotter reported a funnel cloud in Chuluota about 3 to 4 miles from their location near Lake Mils Rd. Position estimated via radar.
April 2009Tornado (EF0)Snow Hill-An employee at a rural gas station observed a brief tornado touchdown approximately 5 miles to the southeast. This time and location was consistent with strong rotation evident on doppler radar. No damage occurred.

Every storm recorded in Seminole 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
Buda0.7 miles14
Kolokee1.3 miles14
Iowa City2.1 miles14
Geneva2.5 miles14
Truck Corner3.5 miles14
Chuluota4.3 miles14
Neheb4.6 miles14
Jones Landing4.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 291310. 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.