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Clarksville, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the West Calhoun census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32430. It stands on Otter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarksville quadrangle. It stands 118 feet above sea level.

Clarksville within Calhoun County

Then and now

1944 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 46 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clarksville, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Clarksville, surveyed 1944

Compare 1944 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Clarksville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,126 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 8 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 burning23
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Natural12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNW HWY 275 (07)
27 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHOLSOMBAKE ( 07 )
4 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service730
3 July 2002Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2000Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 July 2011Natural12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 20 (07)
11 July 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Service07/JONES-0793

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

30 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clarksville in 30 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 19 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 2 flood, 1 flash 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindClarksville$50,000Trees, power lines, and transformers were down across the county. A roof was torn off a trailer in Clarksville with roof damage to another home as well. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindClarksville$10,000Calhoun County S.O. reported numerous downed trees and power lines with scattered power outages.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindClarksville$5,000Multiple trees and power lines were blown down across Calhoun County, FL.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindClarksville$5,000A trained spotter measured a 63 mph gust at his residence with roof damage to his home. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindClarksville$2,000A tree was blown down onto a power line.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindClarksville$2,000Several trees were blown down across the county.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindClarksville$2,000Utility poles were toppled.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindClarksville$1,500Several trees were blown down near the intersection of State Highway 20 and County Road 287. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
October 2002Thunderstorm WindClarksville$1,000A SKYWARN spotter reported downed trees.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindClarksville$500A large tree was blown down near Clarksville. A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 57 mph nearby.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindClarksville-The public reported a measured gust to 53 knots.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindClarksville-A tree was blown down near the intersection of State Routes 20 and 73.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindClarksville-A tree was blown down along Highway 20 in the eastbound lane.
May 2023FloodClarksville-Minor flooding was reported along Doug Price Road.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindClarksville-Numerous trees were blown down across the area.
February 2021Thunderstorm WindClarksville-Trees were blown down in the area.
August 2021Flash FloodClarksville-Doug Price Road was underwater.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindClarksville-A tree fell on a power line near Highway 20 and County Road 275.
March 2013HailClarksville-Quarter size hail was reported via WJHG's facebook page.
July 2012HailClarksville-A trained spotter reported hail up to the size of pennies and estimated winds near 50 mph.
April 2009HailClarksville-Quarter size hail was reported.
April 2009Thunderstorm WindClarksville-Straight line winds uprooted or snapped numerous trees along State Highway 20 from Clarksville to Blountstown. The damage path was approximately ten miles long.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindClarksville-A few trees were down near Clarksville.
May 2006HailClarksville-Quarter size hail reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
May 2006HailClarksville-The public reported nickel size hail.
May 2006HailClarksville-A SKYWARN storm spotter reported nickel size hail.
April 2002HailClarksville-Dime to nickel size hail reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
April 2002HailClarksville-Quarter size hail reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
June 2001FloodClarksville-Minor street flooding. Up to a half foot of water covered County Road 275 south of Highway 20. Up to eight inches of rain fell since midnight from the remnants of Tropical Storm Allison. Reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindClarksville-Storm spotters and the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office reported downed trees near Clarksville along Highway 73.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Rollins Corner1.9 miles14
Fisher Corner4.1 miles14
Frink4.9 miles14
Leonards (historical)5.2 miles15
Abe Springs5.3 miles14
Durham (historical)5.9 miles15
Chipola5.9 miles13
Sharpstown6.6 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 ClarksvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19461018The 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 280501. 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.