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Tendil Crossing, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Esto-Noma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32440. It lies near Murphy Hill. The Survey maps it on the Graceville quadrangle.

Tendil Crossing within Holmes County

Then and now

1951 to 1994

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 Tendil Crossing, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Tendil Crossing, surveyed 1951

Compare 1951 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Tendil Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 365 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 burning29
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes3
Natural3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
9 September 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
9 September 1995Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20170926-3
25 September 2019Other causes1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceST MARKS ST (30)
25 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceREDDICK MILL ( 30 )
23 July 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes 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 Tendil Crossing: 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 DepositClayOccurrence
Unnamed Clay DepositsClayProspect

Every working recorded in Holmes County

Storms near this place

10 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tendil Crossing in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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
September 2002Tornado (F0)Tendil Crossing$100,000A tornado touched down and damaged the Poplar Springs School. A school bus was also damaged. Several trees were snapped and hurled into the school's roof and east corridor. Reported by the Holmes County EMA.
November 2015FloodTendil Crossing$50,000Woodham Road between Underwood Road and Chestnut Road was closed due to flooding.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindTendil Crossing$2,000Trees and power lines were down along Highway 173 near Highway 160.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindTendil Crossing-Trees were blown down near Highway 173 and Highway 2.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindTendil Crossing-A tree was blown down at Underwood Road.
September 2024Flash FloodTendil Crossing-Wrights Creek Road was flooded and closed.
September 2024Flash FloodTendil Crossing-Reddick Mill Road was flooded and closed.
September 2020Flash FloodTendil Crossing-Roads were flooded near County Road 173 and Highway 2.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindTendil Crossing-A tree was blown down over Highway 173 near John Lane Road.
April 2014FloodTendil Crossing-Woodham Road was closed between Reddick Mill Road and Chestnut Road.

Every storm recorded in Holmes 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
Wynnlum0.7 miles15
Underwood Crossing0.8 miles15
Eleanor1.4 miles15
Cobb Cross Roads2.1 miles15
Noma Junction2.1 miles15
Noma2.4 miles15
Holland Crossroads3.5 miles14
Esto3.9 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122597619The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295668. 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.