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Woods, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the West Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32321. It stands on Johnson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Woods quadrangle.

Woods within Liberty County

Then and now

1945 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Woods, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Woods, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Woods between 1992 and 2020, burning about 660 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 8 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 burning27
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
23 September 2019Other causesunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSAWMILL RD (39)
11 September 1999Smokingunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaDITCH
1 September 2007Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 1998Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaBOUNDARY LINE
9 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaEARLY
8 July 2000Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaSANDY CREEK
5 July 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaESTIFFANUGLA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Woods: 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Milton Shuler - CandisSandUnknown
Milton Shuler - RickSandUnknown
Ralph Whitfield - Whitfield Fill Dirt MineClayUnknown
Unnamed Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Liberty County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woods in 1 storm report in 2021: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2021Tornado (EF0)Woods-A brief tornadic debris signature was observed on dual-pol radar in a forested area with tree damage. No structural damage was reported.

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
Estiffanulga3.9 miles15
Fawn Ford4.5 miles14
Bristol5.9 miles13
White Springs6.1 miles13
Conners Ford6.3 miles13
Mosquito Landing6.4 miles15
Gunn Landing7.9 miles15
Clio8.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306613. 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.