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Walnut Hill, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Northwest Escambia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32568. The Survey maps it on the Walnut Hill quadrangle. It stands 259 feet above sea level.

Walnut Hill within Escambia County

Then and now

1942 to 2003

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Walnut Hill, surveyed 2003
Topographic sheet of Walnut Hill, surveyed 1942

Compare 1942 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Walnut Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 669 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 2 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 burning11
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
26 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service17 HWY 97 FIRE-0918
16 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service17- KANSAS RD FIRE 1363
11 August 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2006Natural30 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSPENCE CUTOFF FIRE-1409
2 July 2011Natural32 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLAMB ROAD (17)
7 June 2007Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Service17 - CORLEY ROAD FIRE - 0951
6 June 2008Debris and open burning15 acresFlorida Forest Service17 - HWY 164 FIRE-0675
24 June 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Escambia County

Storms near this place

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walnut Hill in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 15 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
November 1997Thunderstorm WindWalnut Hill$50,000High winds caused roof damage to a couple of homes generally along County Road 164 just northeast of Walnut Hill. Several outbuildings suffered damage. One barn was damaged and another under construction was blown down. Trees and power lines were also blown down. Several vehicles also suffered damage from the falling trees. It appeared that microburst winds of 70 to 80 mph caused the damage.
May 2003HailWalnut Hill$15,000Golfball sized hail fell in the Walnut Hill area for the second time in about an hour. Some roofs and vehicles sustained damage.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindWalnut Hill$15,000Several trees and power lines were blown down by high thunderstorm winds just north of Walnut Hill.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindWalnut Hill$15,000High winds, along the leading edge of a squall line, damaged a barn and blew down several trees near Walnut Hill.
February 1996Thunderstorm WindWalnut Hill$15,000no account filed
February 2014Thunderstorm WindWalnut Hill$10,000Wind estimated at 80 mph downed power lines across Highway 97 and flipped an 18 wheeler on its side. Trees were also snapped.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindWalnut Hill$8,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew down several trees just northwest of Walnut Hill.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindWalnut Hill$8,000A thunderstorm produced high winds that blew down power poles and power lines near the community.
January 1999Thunderstorm WindWalnut Hill$7,000Two out buildings sustained some structural damage due to high winds.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWalnut Hill$5,000High winds from a thunderstorm blew several trees down in the Walnut Hill area.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWalnut Hill$5,000A tree fell onto a mobile home as a thunderstorm moved through the area.
August 2000LightningWalnut Hill$5,000Lightning struck a home causing some damage.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindWalnut Hill$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down just southeast of Walnut Hill.
January 1997Thunderstorm WindWalnut Hill$1,500no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindWalnut Hill$500Several trees were blown down along Highway 97 near Walnut Hill.
April 2025Flash FloodWalnut Hill-Media reports multiple impassible roads with at least one road that partially collapsed.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWalnut Hill-High winds downed multiple pine trees.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWalnut Hill-Tress were downed near Highway 97.
January 2017HailWalnut Hill-Hail up to the size of hen eggs was reported near Walnut Hill.
May 2003HailWalnut Hill-For the fourth time in a six hour time period, the Walnut Hill community experienced large hail as a result of severe thunderstorms.
August 2000Flash FloodWalnut Hill-Street flooding resulting from heavy rainfall was reported just west of the community.
February 2021HailWalnut Hill-no account filed
April 2008Flash FloodWalnut Hill-no account filed
May 2003HailWalnut Hill-no account filed
May 2003HailWalnut Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Escambia 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
Pineville4.0 miles15
Oak Grove4.7 miles12
Enon6.4 miles18
McKinnon6.9 miles15
Bratt7.1 miles12
Bay Springs7.9 miles15
McDavid10.2 miles15
Bogia10.3 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on Walnut HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7963609The 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 292850. 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.

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.