Cypress, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cypress census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32442. The Survey maps it on the Cypress quadrangle. It stands 138 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1952 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1952 against another survey:
On record in Cypress
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 1 record
Robert Lee Norton Houselisted 1996
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1952 USGS Cypress quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Cypress quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Cypress quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
188 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Cypress between 1992 and 2020, burning about 878 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 4 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 burning | 65 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 32/OLD SPANISH TRAIL-0515 |
| 9 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2003-02-1052 |
| 3 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MILE MARKER 144 (32) |
| 28 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 57 acres | Florida Forest Service | BLOUNT ROAD (32) |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ELLENORA LN (32) |
| 23 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MM145 EAST (32) |
| 20 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SEWER PLANT (32) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cypress in 9 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cypress | $5,000 | A roof was blown off a mobile home. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cypress | - | Trees were blown down on Hollister Road just east of Lawrence Road. |
| May 2023 | Flood | Cypress | - | Minor flooding was reported on Reddoch Road. |
| April 2022 | Flood | Cypress | - | Nada Road was reported to be flooded. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cypress | - | Trees were blown down on Lawrence Road and Camelot Lane. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cypress | - | Trees were blown down between Mariana and Grand Ridge. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cypress | - | Trees were blown down in the Cypress area. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Cypress | - | The Jackson county Sheriff's office reported that Church Street at Rocky Creek road was flooded and Express Street about 20 feet from Church Street also had rapidly flowing water moving across it. Radar estimated that 4 to 6 inches of rain fell in 2 to 3 hours. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Cypress | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Ridge | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Star | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Inwood | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Simsville | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Shady Grove | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Oakdale | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Rock Creek | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Ocheesee Gardens | 6.7 miles | 13 |
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 Cypress | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5200300 | 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 281190. 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.
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.







