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Carraway, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Interlachen-Florahome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32177. It stands on Palmetto Branch. The Survey maps it on the Baywood quadrangle.

Carraway within Putnam County

Then and now

1915 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Carraway, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Carraway, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

261 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 261 fires within 5 miles of Carraway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,049 acres in total. 89 started naturally. 22 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
Natural89
Equipment and vehicle use48
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Railroad operations and maintenance24
Arson/incendiarism22
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
6 September 2013Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRICE CREEK(54)
2 September 2013Natural140 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGREENCAMP (54)
18 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM-SELMA FIRE
18 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM -NORMANS FIRE
18 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM - STEPHEN FIRE
17 September 2019Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Service309C (54)
12 September 2006Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/JOHNS RD FIRE
1 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carraway in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
May 2000Thunderstorm WindCarraway$20,000Two pickup trucks damaged. Large trees were blown down. One porch damaged.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindCarraway$500Multiple trees were blown own on State Route 100, east of Florahome. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
October 2017FloodCarraway-Both directions of State Road 100 were closed between Carraway Church Road and County Road 309C due to flood waters covering the road.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindCarraway-A tree was blown down and blocked one lane of State Road 100 between Roberts Lane and Bardin Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCarraway-Trees were blown down in Carraway near State Road 100. The time of damage was based on radar.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindCarraway-Trees were blown down along State Road 100.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCarraway-A tree and large tree limbs were blown down on Janice Drive north of Hollister.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindCarraway-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Baywood1.7 miles21
Bardin3.3 miles17
Springside4.5 miles17
Springside Park5.1 miles17
Florahome5.4 miles21
Hollister6.1 miles21
Rice Creek6.5 miles17
Francis6.6 miles17

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 Q122546799The 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 295181. 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.