Fort Gadsden, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Eastpoint census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32328. It stands on South Prong Fort Godsden Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Gadsden quadrangle.
Then and now
1945 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 43 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
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1945 USGS Fort Gadsden quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Fort Gadsden quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Gadsden quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
61 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Fort Gadsden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,142 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RING (19-5) |
| 5 September 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | FORT GADSDEN CREEK |
| 9 August 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | JUNIPER |
| 31 August 2007 | Natural | 45 acres | National Forests in Florida | SAPP ROAD |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 82 acres | National Forests in Florida | 135-A |
| 28 August 2008 | Natural | 31 acres | National Forests in Florida | SMITH CREEK RD |
| 3 July 2019 | Natural | 8.5 acres | National Forests in Florida | JUNIPER COVE |
| 2 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (19)BUCK SIDING FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fort Gadsden in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fort Gadsden | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 65 in Franklin county near the Liberty County border. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brickyard | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Beverly | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Hays Place | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Achackwaithle (historical) | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Creels | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| High Bluff | 10.5 miles | 17 | |
| Bay City | 11.3 miles | 16 | |
| Franklin | 12.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305693. 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.









