Cooks Hammock, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Mayo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32066. It stands on Twomile Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cooks Hammock quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Cooks Hammock quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Cross City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
81 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Cooks Hammock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 640 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 34 - 2ND GOOD MORNING FIRE - #221 |
| 20 September 2011 | Natural | 2.4 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROYAL GORGE (34) |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | 18 acres | Florida Forest Service | 34-COOKS HAMMOCK FIRE #328 |
| 16 August 2007 | Natural | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | 34-DARK FIRE #0444 |
| 15 August 2006 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 34 - POND FIRE #340 |
| 10 August 1992 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2008 | Natural | 36 acres | Florida Forest Service | 34 - BUCK FIRE-#0258 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Cooks Hammock: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooks Hammock #1 | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1965 | |
| Cooks Hammock #2 | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | Surface |
Storms near this place
18 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cooks Hammock in 18 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 6 flood, 2 heavy rain, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cooks Hammock | $5,000 | Several trees were blown down across Lafayette county. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cooks Hammock | $4,000 | Six trees were blown down across the county, including along county road 357. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cooks Hammock | $3,700 | Trees and power lines were blown down with power outages reported and debris in the roadway. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cooks Hammock | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down around the county. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cooks Hammock | $500 | A large tree was blown down on South State Road 51. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Cooks Hammock | - | Flooding was reported between Highway 27 and Highway 51. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cooks Hammock | - | A tree was blown down along South State Highway 51. |
| August 2021 | Flood | Cooks Hammock | - | Persistent heavy rain over several days led to flooding in the Mallory Swamp and Steinhatchee River basins across rural southern Lafayette County. Several rural roads were flooded for several days. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cooks Hammock | - | Fallen trees were reported along Highway 51. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cooks Hammock | - | Fallen trees blocked the road near Cooks Hammock. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Cooks Hammock | - | The LA Bennett Grade Bridge was closed due to flooding. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Cooks Hammock | - | Southeast Yorkshire Road and Southeast Wolf Road were underwater and closed. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Cooks Hammock | - | SE L A Bennett Road was flooded and closed. |
| August 2016 | Flood | Cooks Hammock | - | SE Brushy Hammock Road was flooded and closed. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cooks Hammock | - | A tree was blown down at 1984 SE County Road 357 blocking both lanes. |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Cooks Hammock | - | A storm total of 8.09 inches through 5 am EDT was measured on the Suwannee River Water Management District Rain Gauge located near Cooks Hammock. |
| June 2012 | Flood | Cooks Hammock | - | Water from the Steinhatchee River ran up against a bridge on South Canal Road just east of Highway 51 in southern Lafayette county. The bridge was in danger of failing and needed inspection. |
| June 2012 | Heavy Rain | Cooks Hammock | - | A storm total rainfall of 14.99 inches fell during Tropical Storm Debby. |
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.
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 Q122570052 | The 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 295217. 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.




