BlockBefore

Whitehead Crossroads, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Caryville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32427. It stands on Pond Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hinsons Crossroads quadrangle.

Whitehead Crossroads within Washington County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Whitehead Crossroads, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Whitehead Crossroads, surveyed 1949

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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Whitehead Crossroads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 605 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 4 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 burning35
Railroad operations and maintenance23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use19
Natural6
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
27 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePICKRON ROAD (30)
10 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service67/HARCUS ROAD-0949
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePIPKINS RD (67)
26 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDOUGLAS FERRY ROAD (67)
19 August 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service54
5 July 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDOUGLAS FERRY (67)
28 July 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Whitehead Crossroads: 5 prospects, 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Anderson Sand Co. - Anderson MineSandProducer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Washington Co. Comm. - St. Mary's MineSandUnknown
Bush C Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
F T Coleman Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unnamed Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Washington Co Comm. - Cook MineClayUnknown
Washington Co. Comm. - Beverett MineClayUnknown
Washington Co. Comm. - Ward MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

7 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitehead Crossroads in 7 storm reports between 2013 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
August 2013Flash FloodWhitehead Crossroads$5,000,000Heavy rainfall caused widespread flash flooding with impacts mainly to roads across Washington county. Numerous dirt roads were damaged and some homes may have been affected by water. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindWhitehead Crossroads$2,000A tree was blown down onto power lines at Douglas Ferry and Brock Road.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindWhitehead Crossroads$2,000A tree was blown down at 3322 Pate Pond Road.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindWhitehead Crossroads$2,000A power line was down across the road at Bryant Bay.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindWhitehead Crossroads-Trees were blown down along Bryant Bay Road.
August 2021Flash FloodWhitehead Crossroads-Union Hill Road was washed out.
April 2014Flash FloodWhitehead Crossroads-A portion of Pate Pond Road washed out due to heavy rain in a short period of time.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Five Points1.1 miles13
Hinsons Crossroads4.7 miles13
Caryville5.4 miles13
Johnson Crossroad5.8 miles13
Vernon6.3 miles14
Poplar Head6.4 miles13
Norum7.4 miles13
Brock Crossroad7.4 miles13

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 Q122540592The 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 294970. 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.