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Zion Hill, Florida

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Northwest Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32303. The Survey maps it on the Tallahassee quadrangle.

Zion Hill within Leon County

Then and now

1940 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 59 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Zion Hill, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Zion Hill, surveyed 1940

Compare 1940 against another survey:

On record in Zion Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 19 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

35 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Zion Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 182 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1

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
18 September 2010Debris and open burning12 acresFlorida Forest Service(37) OCHLOCKONEE ROBERT FIRE
13 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 90 (37)
6 July 2006Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(37) MILLERS LANDING FIRE
3 July 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 June 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 27 (37)
22 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 June 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 June 1998Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leon County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Zion Hill: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Leon 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
Bellwood Estates1.6 miles13
Harbinwood Estates2.4 miles13
Macon2.5 miles19
El Destinado3.0 miles13
Tallahassee3.7 miles19
Bridle Path Acres3.8 miles13
Lake Jackson4.1 miles13
Oak Knoll Estates4.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307814. 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.