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Crescent City, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Crescent City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32112. It lies near Bear Island. The Survey maps it on the Crescent City quadrangle. 1,654 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 52 feet above sea level.

Crescent City within Putnam County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Crescent City, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Crescent City, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

On record in Crescent City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

3 figures

Crescent City fell from 1,776 to 1,654 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20001,776
20101,577-199 (-11%)
20201,654+77 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

124 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Crescent City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 4,764 acres in total. 48 started naturally. 11 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
Natural48
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Arson/incendiarism11
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
30 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCRAWFORD RD (54)
9 August 1993Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMC GRADY (54)
6 August 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2004Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service100 WEST WF
25 August 2007Natural16 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF- WATER OAK
23 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF STUMP
20 August 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresFlorida Forest ServiceJOHN CAMPBELL RD WF

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam 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 Crescent City: 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 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
Burt Burden - Burden MineClayUnknown
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

31 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crescent City in 31 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 21 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 tornado, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2022Thunderstorm WindCrescent City1 hurtFlorida State Warning Point relayed a report of a tree blown down across Summit Street in Crescent City. A vehicle crashed into the downed tree, which resulted in an unknown number of injuries. The time of the incident was based on radar.
March 2001LightningCrescent City1 hurtno account filed
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCrescent City$10,000Two sheds damaged.
May 1998Thunderstorm WindCrescent City$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindCrescent City$3,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindCrescent City$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindCrescent City$2,500no account filed
March 2026Thunderstorm WindCrescent City$2,000Trees were reported down in Crescent City along south Highway 17 and Union Camp Rd. Time was estimated by radar.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindCrescent City$2,000Large trees down.
March 1996Thunderstorm WindCrescent City$1,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindCrescent City$200Two reports of trees down on powerlines in | Crescent City. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-A large branch fell onto a car just south of Junction Road and east of US 17. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-Two trees were blown down in Crescent City along Highway 17. The time of damage was based on radar.
September 2023HailCrescent City-A sheriff deputy in Crescent City reported quarter size (1 inch) hail.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-Summit Street was closed near the USPS office in Crescent City due to downed trees and power lines. The post office had some minor structure damage from a fallen tree. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-Florida State Warning Point relayed report of trees and power lines blown down at State Road 19 near 403 N Summit Street near Crescent City. A USPS sign was destroyed by a fallen tree. The post office was not damaged. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-Power lines were blown down at Frisbee Road and Lehardy Avenue.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-A large tree limb was blow down. The time of event was based on radar.
February 2011Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-A restaurant reported several trees down near Crescent City. The time of the event was based on radar imagery.
May 2009Heavy RainCrescent City-A Cooperative Observer measured 5.51 inches of rain during the 24 hour period from May 19th through May 20th at 5:00 a.m. EST or 6:00 a.m. EDT.
February 2007Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-The Frontier Dance Hall in Crescent City reported numerous trees down.
July 2007Heavy RainCrescent City-A spotter measured 1.5 inches of rain from 350 pm local time to 415 pm in Crescent City. The spotter also reported street flooding.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Crescent City-Hurricane "Frances"Tornado touchdown reported by police officers in Crescent City. Property and tree damage was reported but a dollar estimate was not given.
September 2001Tornado (F0)Crescent City-Weak F0.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-no account filed
July 2006Tornado (F1)Crescent City-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCrescent City-no account filed
July 2002HailCrescent City-no account filed
June 2001HailCrescent City-no account filed
August 2001HailCrescent City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Mount Royal0.5 miles10
Crescent City Station1.6 miles10
Denver2.0 miles10
Huntington2.3 miles10
Shirley Place2.4 miles10
Hammond3.4 miles10
Lake Como5.0 miles10
Pomona Park6.5 miles16

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 Crescent CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2153840The 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 281030. 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.