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Blackman, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32531. The Survey maps it on the Blackman quadrangle.

Blackman within Okaloosa County

Then and now

1949 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Blackman, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Blackman, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Blackman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,178 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 11 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning26
Equipment and vehicle use15
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3
Other causes2
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
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGOOD HOPE (46)
23 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined500 acresEglin Air Force BasePINCH
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service46-NANA'S FIRE - 0906
13 September 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSMALL FIRE. - 1083
30 August 2000Natural11 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 2006Arson/incendiarism40 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHERMAN KENNEDY FIRE-1146
4 July 2012Natural35 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSANDHILL (46)
3 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okaloosa County

Storms near this place

7 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blackman in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 6 thunderstorm wind, 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 1998Thunderstorm WindBlackman$25,000High winds damaged a home near Blackman. Siding and part of the roof was blown off. No one was injured.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindBlackman$15,000Several trees and power lines were blown down by high thunderstorm winds just west of Blackman.
March 1999Tornado (F0)Blackman$15,000A F0 tornado (winds 40 to 73 mph on the Fujita Scale) moved from west to east, nearly parallel to State Rd. 2 near the Blackman community. The only major structural damage was to a large chicken facility, west of Blackman. A pump house to one home was overturned. Numerous trees in the tornados path were blown down as well as power lines. Most of the time the circulation was aloft as a funnel cloud, but briefly touched down as a tornado about 7 times during its life span.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindBlackman$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down in the community and along Highway 85 as thunderstorms moved through the area.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindBlackman$3,000Trees were blown down just northeast of Blackman.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindBlackman$500Several trees and power lines were blown down near Blackman. Several trees were also blown across power lines in the east part of the county along Highway 393 near Dorcas.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindBlackman-Large trees down along Highway 189 in the Blackman area.

Every storm recorded in Okaloosa 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
Escambia Farms2.3 miles14
Peaden3.1 miles13
Good Hope3.1 miles14
Oak Grove3.7 miles13
Clear Springs5.0 miles14
Cannon Town5.2 miles13
Nubbin Ridge6.1 miles13
Campton7.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305327. 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.