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Cody, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wacissa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32344. It stands on Moore Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cody quadrangle.

Cody within Jefferson County

Then and now

1954 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cody, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Cody, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Cody between 1992 and 2020, burning about 282 acres in total. 10 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
Debris and open burning27
Railroad operations and maintenance24
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
23 September 2003Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service950
9 August 1993Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1993Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 July 1996Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 July 2000Debris and open burning22 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 July 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 June 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(33) WACISSA SPRINGS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cody: 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

6 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cody in 6 storm reports between 2018 and 2023: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCody$2,000A tree and power lines were blown down at Highway 27 and St Augustine Road.
June 2023HailCody-Hail up to quarter size fell in the Wacissa area near the Leon-Jefferson county line.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindCody-A tree was blown down.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCody-A tree was blown down on West Capps Highway and Cody Church Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCody-A tree was blown down near Cody Church and Story Road.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindCody-A tree was blown down onto West Capps Highway.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Limestone1.4 miles12
Wacissa3.4 miles9
Thomas City4.2 miles9
San Luis Apalache (historical)5.5 miles9
Wacissa (historical)5.7 miles9
Fanlew6.2 miles12
Waukeenah6.3 miles9
Willanocha (historical)6.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294720. 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.