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.
Then and now
1951 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1951 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1951 USGS Graceville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Graceville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Graceville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170926-3 |
| 25 September 2019 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ST MARKS ST (30) |
| 25 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | REDDICK MILL ( 30 ) |
| 23 July 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposits | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 2002Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Tendil Crossing | $100,000 | A 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 2015 | Flood | Tendil Crossing | $50,000 | Woodham Road between Underwood Road and Chestnut Road was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tendil Crossing | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were down along Highway 173 near Highway 160. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tendil Crossing | - | Trees were blown down near Highway 173 and Highway 2. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tendil Crossing | - | A tree was blown down at Underwood Road. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Tendil Crossing | - | Wrights Creek Road was flooded and closed. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Tendil Crossing | - | Reddick Mill Road was flooded and closed. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Tendil Crossing | - | Roads were flooded near County Road 173 and Highway 2. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Tendil Crossing | - | A tree was blown down over Highway 173 near John Lane Road. |
| April 2014 | Flood | Tendil Crossing | - | Woodham Road was closed between Reddick Mill Road and Chestnut Road. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wynnlum | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Underwood Crossing | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Eleanor | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Cobb Cross Roads | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Noma Junction | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Noma | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Holland Crossroads | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Esto | 3.9 miles | 14 |
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 Q122597619 | The 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.







