Falmouth, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Live Oak census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32060. The Survey maps it on the Falmouth quadrangle. It stands 85 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Falmouth quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
271 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 271 fires within 5 miles of Falmouth between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,159 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 7 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 | 76 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 153RD RD (61) |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 04-61-GRAHAM FIRE-1418 |
| 28 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WALKER PL (61) |
| 11 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 61-REGGAE FIRE-1129 |
| 5 August 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 16TH STREET (61) |
| 3 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 04-61-NOV/SUP-NATURAL LITE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Falmouth in 25 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 5 heavy rain, 2 funnel cloud, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | 1 hurt | A tree fell across a road and car. The driver was injured. Time of damage estimated from radar imagery. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | $4,000 | Scattered trees were blown across the area. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. The timing of damage was based on radar. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | $1,500 | Large trees were blown down. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | $1,500 | Large trees were blown down. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Falmouth | $1,000 | Weak FO. Large trees were damaged. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Falmouth | - | Personal weather station KFLLIVEO93 measured 3 inches of rain in about one hour. |
| December 2023 | Heavy Rain | Falmouth | - | A mesonet site near Live Oak measured storm total rainfall of 4.68 inches. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Falmouth | - | A mesonet site measured 3.55 inches of storm total rainfall. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Suwannee County. |
| June 2020 | Heavy Rain | Falmouth | - | The mesonet station FW5344 measured a 24 hr rainfall of 9.93 inches. |
| June 2020 | Flood | Falmouth | - | At 2:15 pm, flood water was starting to impact Interstate 10 in Suwannee County. Around 5 pm local time, the eastbound lanes of I-10 were closed at Exit 262 due to flood water over the road. At 9:30 pm, all lanes of I-10 were closed between mile marker 262 and 273 due to flooding. At 12:46 am on 6/8, flood waters receded such that the eastbound lanes were clear and re-opened at the 273 mile marker. The westbound lane remained closed. Suwannee County EM reported flash flooding across the Live Oak area and businesses flooded due to retention pond overflow. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Falmouth | - | Daily storm total rainfall at the gauge location was up to 2.19 inches. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | - | Numerous large trees were blown down. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | - | Trees were blown down near Interstate 10 and 185th Road in Falmouth. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | - | A tree was across the road at County Road 132, west of 185th Road. |
| October 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | - | A tree was blown down near County Road 249. |
| February 2013 | Hail | Falmouth | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail was observed for 15 minutes. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Falmouth | - | Penny size hail was reported on Newburn Road. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | - | Power lines were blown down in the NW portion of the county. The time of the event was based on radar. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | - | A tree was blown down along Highway 90, east of Fallmouth. The time of the event was based on radar. |
| April 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Falmouth | - | A Funnel cloud was reported along County Road 136 near Falmouth in the northwest portion of Suwannee County. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | - | The Suwannee County Emergency Manager reports a tree across the road along County Road 249 near the Hamilton County line. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | - | Large 6-8 inch healthy Pecan tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Falmouth | - | Large trees down. |
| June 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Falmouth | - | 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.
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 Falmouth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5432571 | 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 294760. 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.




