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Basinger, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the North Okeechobee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34972. It stands on Gore Branch. The Survey maps it on the Basinger quadrangle.

Basinger within Okeechobee County

Then and now

1953 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Basinger, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Basinger, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Basinger between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,716 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 6 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
Natural33
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
4 September 2011Natural40 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINE HAMMOCK (47)
3 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(HI) 721 FIRE (703)
20 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOK-FIRE-1162-
7 August 2008Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Service(OK) GATOR BAIT (0558)
5 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMICCO BLUFF (47)
24 August 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDOUGHERTY (28)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okeechobee County

Storms near this place

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Basinger in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 2 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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
April 2017Thunderstorm WindBasinger2 hurt, $100,000A Kissimmee Prairie Preserve biologist reported that a storm flipped over two travel trailers, uprooted several large trees and caused sheet metal to become lodged in a tree. Two people within one of the trailers were injured, one suffered a punctured lung and several broken ribs and the other received very minor injuries. The damage was concentrated in the park from the equestrian campground to the family campground.|Follow-up information from Okeechobee Emergency Management and a NWS damage survey confirmed the impacts were the result of intense straight-line winds estimated near 80 mph, as a cluster of thunderstorms organized into a bow echo, then began to evolve into a supercell while continuing eastward.
October 2024Tornado (EF2)Basinger$900,000A tornado occurred, which produced localized EF-1 and EF-2 damage. Based on radar analysis and public video provided to the local emergency manager, the tornado touched down southeast of C & M Rucks Dairy.||While the tornado started over open pasture, damage occurred as it moved over C & M Rucks Dairy on NW 144th Ave. Here, a large steel barn with metal siding suffered a partial collapse on the southeast side, with at least 50% of the building destroyed.|Nearby power poles and lines were downed, and a power pole was snapped. The building damage was consistent with EF-2 winds of 105 to 115 mph. The path width was quite narrow, evidenced by nearby buildings which were untouched.||The tornado moved northwest from there, with sheet metal strewn along and west of NW 203rd St. There was no damage reported north of NW 240th St. Based on this and dual-polarimetric radar data, the tornado most likely lifted immediately south of NW 240th St over open pasture.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindBasinger$2,000Okeechobee County Emergency Management forwarded a report and photos of damage at a residence in a rural area along the Kissimmee River between Basinger and Okeechobee. A tree was toppled and several large branches were downed, along with damage to a car and fence nearby.
August 2008FloodBasinger$1,200no account filed
October 2021Funnel CloudBasinger-Multiple trained spotters reported a funnel cloud with a strong thunderstorm over Kissimmee Prairie State Park.
February 2015FloodBasinger-A slow moving strong storm across Okeechobee County produced 5 to 7 inches of rain across the northwest and central portions of the county during the afternoon and evening, primarily over the Kissimmee Prairie Preserve. The COOP observer at the Kissimmee Prairie Preserve reported 5.69 inches of rain in 24 hours while another range gauge at the park reported 6.92 inches. Most of this rainfall fell in less than 6 hours.||This heavy rainfall led to minor flooding of roadways across Central Okeechobee County. The Kissimmee Prairie observer reported several inches of standing water on local roadways, which remained passable.
February 2015HailBasinger-A SKYWARN spotter in The Vikings (also known at The Prairie) subdivision reported 10 to 15 minutes of small hail up to nickel sized associated with a strong storm moving over the area.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindBasinger-South Florida Water Management District site S65CW measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 60 mph along the Kissimmee River.
May 2005Tornado (F0)Basinger-A small F0 tornado briefly touched down near Basinger blowing over a few trees. One inch hail was also reported in the area.
June 2003Funnel CloudBasinger-Local emergency management officials reported a funnel cloud over Basinger.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindBasinger-Thunderstorm winds blew down trees in Basinger.
May 2005HailBasinger-no account filed
May 2005HailBasinger-no account filed
August 2004HailBasinger-no account filed
July 1999HailBasinger-no account filed
May 1996HailBasinger-no account filed
August 1996HailBasinger-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Okeechobee 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
Dixie Ranch Acres7.8 miles13
Mildred9.2 miles13
Eagle Island9.6 miles13
Basswood Estates11.9 miles14
Whispering Pines12.6 miles14
Hilolo13.4 miles13
Barber Quarters13.9 miles14
Fort Drum14.1 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122567994The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294666. 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.