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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.

Cooks Hammock within Lafayette County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Cooks Hammock, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Cooks Hammock, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

81 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural39
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Debris and open burning4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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 1992Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service34 - 2ND GOOD MORNING FIRE - #221
20 September 2011Natural2.4 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROYAL GORGE (34)
8 August 2006Natural18 acresFlorida Forest Service34-COOKS HAMMOCK FIRE #328
16 August 2007Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Service34-DARK FIRE #0444
15 August 2006Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service34 - POND FIRE #340
10 August 1992Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 2008Natural36 acresFlorida Forest Service34 - BUCK FIRE-#0258

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lafayette 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cooks Hammock #1Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965
Cooks Hammock #2Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspectSurface

Every working recorded in Lafayette County

Storms near this place

18 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2015Thunderstorm WindCooks Hammock$5,000Several trees were blown down across Lafayette county.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCooks Hammock$4,000Six trees were blown down across the county, including along county road 357. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindCooks Hammock$3,700Trees 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 2011Thunderstorm WindCooks Hammock$3,000Power lines were blown down around the county. Monetary damage was estimated.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindCooks Hammock$500A large tree was blown down on South State Road 51.
June 2023Flash FloodCooks Hammock-Flooding was reported between Highway 27 and Highway 51.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindCooks Hammock-A tree was blown down along South State Highway 51.
August 2021FloodCooks 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 2018Thunderstorm WindCooks Hammock-Fallen trees were reported along Highway 51.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCooks Hammock-Fallen trees blocked the road near Cooks Hammock.
August 2016FloodCooks Hammock-The LA Bennett Grade Bridge was closed due to flooding.
August 2016FloodCooks Hammock-Southeast Yorkshire Road and Southeast Wolf Road were underwater and closed.
August 2016FloodCooks Hammock-SE L A Bennett Road was flooded and closed.
August 2016FloodCooks Hammock-SE Brushy Hammock Road was flooded and closed.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindCooks Hammock-A tree was blown down at 1984 SE County Road 357 blocking both lanes.
May 2012Heavy RainCooks 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 2012FloodCooks 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 2012Heavy RainCooks Hammock-A storm total rainfall of 14.99 inches fell during Tropical Storm Debby.

Every storm recorded in Lafayette 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
San Pedro Junction6.5 miles8
Mayo10.1 miles8
Alton11.2 miles8
Peterson11.7 miles8
Midway11.9 miles10
Buckville13.8 miles9
Townsend14.2 miles9
Day18.3 miles9

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 Q122570052The 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.