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Edgar, Florida

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Interlachen-Florahome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32640. The Survey maps it on the Keuka quadrangle.

Edgar within Putnam County

Then and now

1915 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Edgar, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Edgar, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

451 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 451 fires within 5 miles of Edgar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,304 acres in total. 56 started naturally. 50 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined83
Debris and open burning80
Equipment and vehicle use63
Natural56
Arson/incendiarism50
Railroad operations and maintenance48
Misuse of fire by a minor41
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony8
Other causes7
Smoking3
Fireworks3

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
9 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/CVS FIRE
25 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/64TH STREET
25 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/WALES
5 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFRANKLIN FIRE/PUTNAM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Edgar: 9 past producers, 5 producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Kaolin, Sand. 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
Eccle's Property ProspectKaolinProspect
Edgar Kaolin MineKaolinPast Producer
Floirda Rock Industries - Keuka MineSandProducer
Florida Rock Industries, Inc. - KeukaSandProducer
Number Four Kaolin MineKaolinPast Producer
The Feldspar Corporation - Edger MineSandUnknown
Crossley Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Edgar KaolinClayProducerKaolin
Epk DivisionClayPast Producer
Interlachen Clay MineClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgar in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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
August 2025FloodEdgar-Putnam County SO reported flooding along Chesser Monroe Rd.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindEdgar-Power lines were blown down on South County Road 21 West of Interlachen.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindEdgar-A tree was blown down and blocking the entrance to Lake Mildred Road and Morris Lake Drive in West Putnam.
March 2019HailEdgar-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
Johnson1.4 miles24
Keuka2.1 miles24
Crossley2.3 miles24
Whiteville2.7 miles24
Oak Ridge Park2.8 miles21
McMeekin3.3 miles12
Interlachen3.8 miles24
Cooper L Hills Estates4.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305624. 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.