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Alma, Florida

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32344. The Survey maps it on the Lake Miccosukee quadrangle.

Alma within Jefferson County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Alma, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Alma, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Alma between 1992 and 2019, burning about 357 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning22
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceN JEFF **NOV**(33)-0529
26 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(33) HWY 19 FIRE
20 September 2019Natural15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBOSTON RD (33) 0560
19 August 1993Debris and open burning1.7 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 July 2007Natural100 acresFlorida Forest Service(33) SOUTH GILLY RD
8 June 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 May 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

14 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alma in 14 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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
February 2021Thunderstorm WindAlma$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down at Boston Highway and Still Road.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindAlma$3,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage to 146 customers.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindAlma$2,000Fallen trees and limbs resulted in a power outage along Lake Road near Tecumseh Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAlma$2,000Trees were blown down onto power lines on Highway 19N at Barnes Road.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindAlma$1,500Power lines were blown down along Barnes Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindAlma-A tree was blown down.
April 2024Flash FloodAlma-Several roads were flooded including North Jefferson and East Chestnut, West Washington and New Monticello, and West Washington and Old Lloyd.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindAlma-A tree fell onto a power line on Lake road near Simpson Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindAlma-A tree was blown down onto Barns Road.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindAlma-A tree was blown down and blocking the northbound lane of Highway 19 about one quarter mile south of the Georgia border.
March 2019HailAlma-Penny to quarter size hail was reported along Fulford Road about 2 miles east of Highway 19.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindAlma-An oak tree was blown down across all lanes of Stateline Road off of Highway 19.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindAlma-A tree was blown down across the road along Boston Highway.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAlma-A tree was blown down onto Boston Highway.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Jarrett1.7 miles7
Festus3.4 miles7
Mikasuki (historical)4.4 miles8
Montivilla4.5 miles7
Fincher4.6 miles8
Monticello4.9 miles7
Lois5.9 miles7
Casa Blanco6.6 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294650. 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.

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.