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Caryville, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Caryville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32427. It stands on Little Dram Branch. The Survey maps it on the Caryville quadrangle. 301 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Caryville within Washington County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Caryville, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Caryville, surveyed 1949

Population over time

3 figures

Caryville grew from 218 to 301 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2000218
2010411+193 (+89%)
2020301-110 (-27%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Caryville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 375 acres in total. 4 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
Debris and open burning33
Equipment and vehicle use28
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
30 September 2019Debris and open burning3.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 179A - 1364 (30)
30 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service30/COUNTY LINE FIRE-0624
27 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 1995Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service67/HARCUS ROAD-0949
29 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Caryville: 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
F T Coleman Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Washington Co. Comm. - St. Mary's MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

17 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Caryville in 17 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 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
July 2013FloodCaryville$18,700,000Disastrous areal flooding occurred across Washington county with most county roads flooded. Transportation was severely impacted across the county with schools closed and a federal disaster declaration obtained. Preliminary damage estimates for the county were around $18.7 million.
March 2009FloodCaryville$150,000Repeated torrential rainfall the past few days caused moderate to major flooding along the Choctawhatchee River, which pushed water over County Road 279 south of Caryville. Areal flooding was also observed along Holmes Creek at Vernon, and at Ebro and New Hope. More than a dozen homes were impacted. In Caryville, the post office and city hall were closed. The volunteer fire department and work camp were relocated.
February 2018Thunderstorm WindCaryville$25,000A tree fell on a house in Caryville. Reported via Facebook. Damage cost was estimated.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCaryville$5,000A shed was picked up by strong winds and thrown across the street.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindCaryville$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down across Washington county.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindCaryville$5,000Several downed trees and an overturned vehicle reported by Washington County 911.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindCaryville$3,000A tin roof was partially blown off of a trailer. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindCaryville$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down in and around Caryville.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindCaryville$2,000Trees were blown into power lines in Caryville. Monetary damage was estimated.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindCaryville$1,000A tree was blown down in Caryville. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindCaryville-A tree was blown down onto Lake Circle.
November 2022Thunderstorm WindCaryville-Trees were blown down in the northwest part of Washington county.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCaryville-Trees were blown down in the vicinity of St Mary's Road.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindCaryville-A couple of trees were blown down near Caryville.
July 2009HailCaryville-Nickel size hail was observed in Caryville.
March 2022HailCaryville-no account filed
April 1996HailCaryville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Five Points5.3 miles13
Whitehead Crossroads5.4 miles13
Hinsons Crossroads7.4 miles13
Johnson Crossroad8.5 miles13
Poplar Head9.6 miles13
Coosada Old Town (historical)10.7 miles15
Brock Crossroad11.3 miles13
Vernon11.7 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.

Wikipedia article on CaryvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2092612The 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 294706. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.