Broad Branch, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Calhoun census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32466. It stands on Cypress Creek. The Survey maps it on the Broad Branch quadrangle.
Then and now
1945 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 43 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 Broad Branch quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Broad Branch quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Broad Branch quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
53 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Broad Branch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,336 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 07/LULA CAMP RD-0625 |
| 11 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ROAD ONE (07) |
| 8 July 1992 | Natural | 150 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2019 | Natural | 57 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROAD #1 (07) |
| 4 July 2019 | Natural | 34 acres | Florida Forest Service | CC RD 17 (07) |
| 20 July 2002 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2000 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 2019 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CO RD 19 (07) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Broad Branch in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2021: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Broad Branch | $10,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down throughout Calhoun county. |
| January 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Broad Branch | - | Trees were blown down and a dual-pol tornadic debris signature was observed from KEVX radar along this track. No structural damage was reported in this very rural area. This tornado was rated EF0. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Broad Branch | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kinard | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Frink | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Fisher Corner | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Abe Springs | 8.7 miles | 14 | |
| Scotts Ferry | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Gaskins | 9.0 miles | 14 | |
| Iolee (historical) | 9.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rollins Corner | 9.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295153. 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.







