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Wilma, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32321. The Survey maps it on the Wilma quadrangle.

Wilma within Liberty County

Then and now

1946 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wilma, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Wilma, surveyed 1946

Compare 1946 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Wilma between 1992 and 2019, burning about 11,855 acres in total. 39 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
Natural39
Arson/incendiarism9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
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
24 September 2001Natural235 acresNational Forests in FloridaBRIDGE
26 August 2018Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaWHITEHEAD SWAMP
24 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaTRANSFORMER FIRE
20 August 2000Natural6.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaCHAD
17 August 2004Natural25 acresNational Forests in FloridaHOSTAGE
13 August 2006Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaWILMA
13 August 1998Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaCYPRESS
12 August 1998Natural30 acresNational Forests in FloridaROWLETTS CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wilma: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unnamed Limestone ProspectLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Liberty County

Storms near this place

5 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilma in 5 storm reports between 2000 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2004Tornado (F1)Wilma$100,000A tornado uprooted hundreds of trees along its path through the Apalachicola National Forest. Reported by the Liberty County EMA.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindWilma$20,000Widespread power outages with scattered debris was reported across the county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindWilma-A tree was blown down onto Highway 12 South.
March 2005Funnel CloudWilma-A funnel cloud sighted by EMS officials at Highway 333 and Slip and Slide Road. Report relayed by a 911 operator.
April 2000WildfireWilma-A wildfire erupted near Wilma in the Apalachicola National Forest. It consumed nearly 3,000 acres before containment. No structures were threatened. Reported by the FL DEM.

Every storm recorded in Liberty 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
Kern2.1 miles13
Bon Ami3.0 miles14
Central City3.1 miles13
Jensen Place5.6 miles13
Orange6.0 miles15
Vilas6.1 miles13
Lewis6.5 miles15
Twin Pole7.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306601. 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.