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.
Then and now
1954 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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 Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Welaka quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1978 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Welaka quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
200 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 81 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | LAKE WAY (54) |
| 28 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | JUMPING GULLY(54) |
| 2 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | RICHARD 42 |
| 16 September 2010 | Natural | 1.4 acres | National Forests in Florida | FT. GATES 23 |
| 12 September 2010 | Natural | 1,097 acres | National Forests in Florida | FT GATES 22 |
| 9 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FERNCREEK 53 (54) |
| 8 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | not named |
| 6 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PUTNAM/LINE DOWN FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Georgetown | $65,000 | no account filed |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | $3,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| October 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | $3,000 | no account filed |
| July 2024 | Tornado (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 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | - | A downed tree was blocking the roadway at County Road 309 and Rose Walk Lane. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | - | Winds damaged trees along Driftwood Lane. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | - | A social media report and photo indicated wind damage to a porch near Georgetown. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | - | Wind damage occurred to a roof and split a power pole near Sunset Drive. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | - | Trees were blown down at Sunset Drive and Hess Road. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Georgetown | - | A logde near downtown Georgetown reported penny size hail. The time of the event was based on radar. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | - | Putnam County Fire-rescue reported trees down in the Whispering Pines area. |
| February 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | - | Trees down on National Forest Road 43 between Salt Springs and Fort Gates Ferry. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | - | Trees were blown down near Highway 19, just east of Lake Delancy. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Georgetown | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | - | no account filed |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Georgetown | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Georgetown | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Gates | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Fruitland | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| Johns Ferry | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Norwalk | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Huntington | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Crescent City Station | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Denver | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Hammond | 6.2 miles | 10 |
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 Georgetown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5546943 | 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 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.





