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Willis, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the West Calhoun census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32421. It stands on Hollis Branch. The Survey maps it on the Altha West quadrangle.

Willis within Calhoun County

Then and now

1952 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Willis, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Willis, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

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

85 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Willis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 667 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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 burning30
Railroad operations and maintenance16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2

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
3 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2018Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 73 B (07)
15 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/HASTY POND RD-0529
13 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNW WATSON (07)
30 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/HASTY POND RD-0582
29 August 2011Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceJP PEACOCK RD (7)
17 August 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service07/WILLIAMS FIRE 0921

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun 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 Willis: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Sink Creek MineLimestone, GeneralProducer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willis in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWillis$2,000A power line was reported down near 11548 NW County Road 274.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Chason1.3 miles13
Altha3.4 miles13
Cox4.2 miles13
Chipola4.9 miles13
Henderson Mill6.3 miles13
Leonards (historical)6.7 miles15
Clarksville8.0 miles14
Rollins Corner8.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294974. 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.