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Crawford, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Callahan-Hilliard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32011. The Survey maps it on the Hilliard SW quadrangle.

Crawford within Nassau County

Then and now

1917 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Crawford, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Crawford, surveyed 1917

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

151 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Crawford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,541 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 17 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 burning36
Natural30
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism17
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
22 September 2007Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Service45 HAMBONE RAIL 2007-07-0543
21 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1091
17 September 2003Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePONDEROSA 2003-07-1085
10 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service45 LEM TURNER 2007-07-0526
7 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1999Natural50 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1999Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Nassau County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Crawford: 1 past producer. 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
Georgia-Carolina Brick Co PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Nassau County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crawford in 6 storm reports between 2009 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
August 2018Thunderstorm WindCrawford$1,000A tree was blown down onto a power line which sparked a small fire at 43000 Thomas Creek Road. The time of damage was based on radar data. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
April 2023HailCrawford-Quarter size hail was observed. The report was shared via Social Media.
August 2017Thunderstorm WindCrawford-Power lines were blown down on Thomas Creek Road. The time of damage was based on radar.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindCrawford-Power line and trees were blown down, which caused a tree fire. The time of damage was based on radar.
September 2014Thunderstorm WindCrawford-A tree was blown down on U.S. Highway 301 near Meadows Lane.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCrawford-Several trees were blown down in Ratliff.

Every storm recorded in Nassau 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
Keene2.5 miles18
Dahoma3.1 miles17
Ratliff4.3 miles18
Callahan4.5 miles18
Kent4.6 miles17
Verdie5.5 miles17
Nassau Village6.0 miles18
Ingle6.7 miles17

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 CrawfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5182798The 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 294730. 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.