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Grady, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Mayo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32008. The Survey maps it on the Branford quadrangle.

Grady within Lafayette County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Grady, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Grady, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

133 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Grady between 1992 and 2020, burning about 478 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 3 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 burning34
Equipment and vehicle use29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
26 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service45TH RD (61)
20 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service248 COUNTY ROAD (61)
20 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2009Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service34- DOLPHIN FIRE - 0216
15 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service34-ROADSIDE SHOULDER-#0205
27 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service34 - BIG PILE FIRE #0429

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lafayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Grady: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Mulkey PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ralph Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Anderson Mining - Lanier / Branford QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
H.R. Ellington Constr. - Suwannee MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hatch Enterprises - Hatch QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Suwannee Co. Rd. Dept. - County Pit.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Tim-Prat - Tim-Prat's MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Lafayette County

Storms near this place

9 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grady in 9 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 9 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2017Thunderstorm WindGrady$10,000Roof damage occurred to a house off of Highway 27. Damage was estimated.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindGrady$2,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindGrady$2,000Power lines were blown down in the area.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindGrady$2,000A tree was blown down onto power lines along Highway 349.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindGrady-A tree was blown down onto Holly Road.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindGrady-A power line was blown down onto Jasmine Road.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindGrady-A large tree was blown down.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindGrady-Trees and power lines were blown down mainly on the eastern side of Lafayette county.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGrady-A tree was blown down near County Road 405 and Highway 27 East.

Every storm recorded in Lafayette 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
Hatchbend7.4 miles10
Midway8.7 miles10
Alton12.9 miles8
Mayo14.6 miles8
San Pedro Junction15.5 miles8
Peterson17.8 miles8
Cooks Hammock18.3 miles10
Buckville22.6 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295319. 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.