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Chumuckla, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Allentown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32571. The Survey maps it on the Chumuckla quadrangle. 1,063 people lived here at the 2020 count.

Chumuckla within Santa Rosa County

Then and now

1943 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chumuckla, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Chumuckla, surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Chumuckla grew from 850 to 1,063 between 2010 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
2010850
20201,063+213 (+25%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

141 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Chumuckla between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,059 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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
Equipment and vehicle use73
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service57-PILE FIRE-1481
30 September 2019Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBUFFALO RIDGE ROAD (57)
30 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service57-ANNIE PENTON ROAD FIRE
1 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Rosa 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 Chumuckla: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Mcmillan Mill Company PitClayPast Producer
Santa Rosa Co. Road Dept. - Howell MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Santa Rosa County

Storms near this place

18 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chumuckla in 18 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 9 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 2 hail, 2 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 2002LightningChumuckla1 hurtA male was standing outside underneath an awning during a storm. Lightning hit the awning and the man was shocked. He was treated at the scene by medical personnel but he refused to go to the hospital.
February 2008Tornado (EF1)Chumuckla$200,000A moderate EF-1 tornado touched down just to the southwest of the intersection of Chumuckla Springs and Schnoor Roads and then moved northeast. The tornado ended just north of Howell Pitt Road. Two homes suffered extensive roof damage and a large heavy duty metal shed was destroyed. No injuries were reported.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindChumuckla$25,000High winds ripped the roofs off of two barns near Chumuckla. The high winds blew the tin roofs off the barns and scattered them in fields and trees nearby. No one was injured.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindChumuckla$15,000Trees were blown down by strong thunderstorm winds on Quinette Road, just south of the community.
January 2017LightningChumuckla$10,000Lightning struck 2 house on Griswold Road near Chumuckla.
December 2015Tornado (EF1)Chumuckla$10,000A National Weather Service survey team confirmed damage of an EF-1 tornado a little over 2 miles southwest of Chumuckla. The tornado tracked alomst a mile north-northeast before weakening to an EF-0 and dissipating. The team was unable to survey a heavily wooded area to the south. It is possible the track could extend further southward. The tornado tracked through a forested area and across an open field. Damage was generally confined to uprooted pecan trees and well as snapped cedar and pine trees. This damage is consistent with EF-1 wind speeds around 107 mph. The maximum width of the tornado was 75 yards.
October 2001Thunderstorm WindChumuckla$10,000High thunderstorm winds blew down trees near the community.
January 1998Thunderstorm WindChumuckla$7,000A couple of homes sustained roof damage and trees were blown down near Chumuckla. A couple of out buildings were also damaged. A trailer truck parked on the side of the road was turned over.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindChumuckla$5,000Winds estimated at 60 mph downed trees across a road.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindChumuckla$5,000Several trees were blown down.
June 2012LightningChumuckla$2,000Lightning struck a large barn and started a fire.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindChumuckla$1,000Several trees were blown down around Chumuckla. Time of report was estimated.
April 2011HailChumuckla-Santa Rosa Fire Department reported dime size hail in Chumuckla.
January 2010Flash FloodChumuckla-Thomas Creek in the Chumukla area was overflowing out of its banks.
January 2010Flash FloodChumuckla-Santa Rosa 911 reported high water over road at County Road 182 and Chumuckla Highway.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindChumuckla-Winds estimated at 70 mph damaged 7 homes on Bell Creek Road. Several trees were also downed by the high winds.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindChumuckla-no account filed
April 2005HailChumuckla-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Santa Rosa 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
New York4.7 miles13
Mineral Springs5.0 miles15
Chumuckla Springs5.0 miles15
Brownsdale7.3 miles15
Wallace7.5 miles14
Cobbtown9.6 miles14
Allentown10.4 miles14
Point Baker11.4 miles15

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 ChumucklaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5116191The 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 294714. 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.