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.
Then and now
1945 to 1990The 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.


Compare 1945 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1945 USGS Woods quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Woods quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Woods quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 27 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2019 | Other causes | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SAWMILL RD (39) |
| 11 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | DITCH |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | BOUNDARY LINE |
| 9 July 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | EARLY |
| 8 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | SANDY CREEK |
| 5 July 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | ESTIFFANUGLA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milton Shuler - Candis | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Milton Shuler - Rick | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Ralph Whitfield - Whitfield Fill Dirt Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Tornado (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. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estiffanulga | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Fawn Ford | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bristol | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| White Springs | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Conners Ford | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mosquito Landing | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Gunn Landing | 7.9 miles | 15 | |
| Clio | 8.4 miles | 13 |
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.







