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Georgetown, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Crescent City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32139. It lies near Hog Island. The Survey maps it on the Welaka quadrangle. It stands 23 feet above sea level.

Georgetown within Putnam County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Georgetown, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Georgetown, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

200 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Georgetown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,690 acres in total. 81 started naturally. 19 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
Natural81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Debris and open burning28
Arson/incendiarism19
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Other causes3
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLAKE WAY (54)
28 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceJUMPING GULLY(54)
2 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaRICHARD 42
16 September 2010Natural1.4 acresNational Forests in FloridaFT. GATES 23
12 September 2010Natural1,097 acresNational Forests in FloridaFT GATES 22
9 August 2018Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFERNCREEK 53 (54)
8 August 1992Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in Floridanot named
6 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/LINE DOWN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

18 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Georgetown in 18 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado. 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
October 1996Tornado (F0)Georgetown$65,000no account filed
June 2000Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown$3,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
October 2003Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown$3,000no account filed
July 2024Tornado (EF0)Georgetown-Waterspout on Lake George went onto Drayton Island and became a land spout. No injuries or damage was reported. Photos from multiple viewpoints were relayed. Time was estimated by radar.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown-A downed tree was blocking the roadway at County Road 309 and Rose Walk Lane.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown-Winds damaged trees along Driftwood Lane.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown-A social media report and photo indicated wind damage to a porch near Georgetown. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown-Wind damage occurred to a roof and split a power pole near Sunset Drive.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown-Trees were blown down at Sunset Drive and Hess Road.
June 2009HailGeorgetown-A logde near downtown Georgetown reported penny size hail. The time of the event was based on radar.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown-Putnam County Fire-rescue reported trees down in the Whispering Pines area.
February 2007Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown-Trees down on National Forest Road 43 between Salt Springs and Fort Gates Ferry.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown-Trees were blown down near Highway 19, just east of Lake Delancy.
March 2005HailGeorgetown-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown-no account filed
July 2004Thunderstorm WindGeorgetown-no account filed
July 1997HailGeorgetown-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
Fort Gates2.1 miles11
Fruitland2.5 miles11
Johns Ferry3.1 miles11
Norwalk5.1 miles11
Huntington5.7 miles10
Crescent City Station5.8 miles10
Denver6.0 miles10
Hammond6.2 miles10

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 GeorgetownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5546943The 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 305723. 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.