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Five Points, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Caryville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32427. It lies near Bess Nook. The Survey maps it on the Hinsons Crossroads quadrangle.

Five Points within Washington County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Five Points, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Five Points, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1992 and 2020, burning about 597 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use24
Railroad operations and maintenance23
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
27 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePICKRON ROAD (30)
15 September 1999Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/HENRY GRAY RD-0527
10 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service67/HARCUS ROAD-0949
7 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePIPKINS RD (67)
6 August 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2003-02-1024
29 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDOUGLAS FERRY ROAD (67)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Five Points: 5 prospects, 4 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Anderson Sand Co. - Anderson MineSandProducer
Washington Co. Comm. - St. Mary's MineSandUnknown
Bush C Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
F T Coleman Limestone DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unnamed Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Washington Co Comm. - Cook MineClayUnknown
Washington Co. Comm. - Beverett MineClayUnknown
Washington Co. Comm. - Ward MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

9 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Five Points in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash 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
July 2015Thunderstorm WindFive Points$5,000Scattered power outages were caused by a combination of trees falling on power lines due to strong winds and lightning hitting transformers.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindFive Points-A tree was blown down on Bethel Road near St Marys Road.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindFive Points-Trees were blown near Union Hill Road and Pleasant Hill Road.
December 2023Thunderstorm WindFive Points-Trees were blown down at Yates Settlement and Douglas.
August 2021Flash FloodFive Points-Lee Road was underwater.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindFive Points-Several trees were blown down.
September 2014Flash FloodFive Points-Water was flowing across the road the intersection of Highway 280 and Yates Settlement Road. The water was deep enough for Public Works to place barricades across the road and across other rural roads near this area. A farmer's rain gauge measured 9 inches of rain in about 2.5 hours in this area, and radar estimated similar amounts.
April 2014Flash FloodFive Points-Flooding was reported on Douglas Ferry Road from heavy rainfall in a short period of time.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindFive Points-Several trees were blown down by a downburst on Lee Road.

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Whitehead Crossroads1.1 miles13
Johnson Crossroad4.8 miles13
Caryville5.3 miles13
Poplar Head5.5 miles13
Hinsons Crossroads5.7 miles13
Vernon6.5 miles14
Brock Crossroad6.6 miles13
Sylvania7.8 miles14

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 Five PointsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19461766The 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 294769. 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.