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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.

Falmouth within Suwannee County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The 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 sheet of Falmouth, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Falmouth, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

271 since 1992

Regional 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 burning76
Railroad operations and maintenance71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Equipment and vehicle use20
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism7
Fireworks4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
8 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service153RD RD (61)
30 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service04-61-GRAHAM FIRE-1418
28 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWALKER PL (61)
11 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service61-REGGAE FIRE-1129
5 August 2014Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service16TH STREET (61)
3 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service04-61-NOV/SUP-NATURAL LITE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Suwannee County

Storms near this place

25 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2014Thunderstorm WindFalmouth1 hurtA tree fell across a road and car. The driver was injured. Time of damage estimated from radar imagery.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindFalmouth$4,000Scattered 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 1998Thunderstorm WindFalmouth$1,500Large trees were blown down.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindFalmouth$1,500Large trees were blown down.
July 2000Tornado (F0)Falmouth$1,000Weak FO. Large trees were damaged.
August 2025Heavy RainFalmouth-Personal weather station KFLLIVEO93 measured 3 inches of rain in about one hour.
December 2023Heavy RainFalmouth-A mesonet site near Live Oak measured storm total rainfall of 4.68 inches.
July 2021Heavy RainFalmouth-A mesonet site measured 3.55 inches of storm total rainfall.
February 2020Thunderstorm WindFalmouth-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Suwannee County.
June 2020Heavy RainFalmouth-The mesonet station FW5344 measured a 24 hr rainfall of 9.93 inches.
June 2020FloodFalmouth-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 2019Heavy RainFalmouth-Daily storm total rainfall at the gauge location was up to 2.19 inches.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindFalmouth-Numerous large trees were blown down.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindFalmouth-Trees were blown down near Interstate 10 and 185th Road in Falmouth. The time of damage was based on radar.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindFalmouth-A tree was across the road at County Road 132, west of 185th Road.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindFalmouth-A tree was blown down near County Road 249.
February 2013HailFalmouth-Quarter to half dollar size hail was observed for 15 minutes.
March 2012HailFalmouth-Penny size hail was reported on Newburn Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindFalmouth-Power lines were blown down in the NW portion of the county. The time of the event was based on radar.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindFalmouth-A tree was blown down along Highway 90, east of Fallmouth. The time of the event was based on radar.
April 2009Funnel CloudFalmouth-A Funnel cloud was reported along County Road 136 near Falmouth in the northwest portion of Suwannee County.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindFalmouth-The Suwannee County Emergency Manager reports a tree across the road along County Road 249 near the Hamilton County line.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindFalmouth-Large 6-8 inch healthy Pecan tree limbs were blown down.
June 2003Thunderstorm WindFalmouth-Large trees down.
June 2003Funnel CloudFalmouth-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Suwannee 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
Ellaville2.5 miles11
Dickert3.1 miles9
Fort Union5.4 miles9
Mercer6.0 miles9
Starr6.1 miles9
Newburn6.3 miles9
Slade8.5 miles8
Lancaster8.7 miles9

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 FalmouthAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5432571The 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.