Graham, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hampton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32044. It stands on Sampson River. The Survey maps it on the Waldo quadrangle. It stands 141 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1941 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1941 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1941 USGS Starke quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Starke quadrangle1:50000
- 1949 USGS Starke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Waldo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Waldo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
191 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Graham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,135 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 37 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 37 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/LIL HOBO FIRE |
| 5 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2007 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/TRAM RD FIRE |
| 22 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DEER FOOT TRAIL (04) |
| 2 September 2006 | Natural | 19 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03-04-TORNADO FIRE-1334 |
| 18 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Graham: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Container Corporation | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Graham in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graham | - | Apparent Rear Flank downdraft contacted ground. damage for about 1 mile downstream with a 100 yard wide swath. most debris laid out in straight line path with some lighter porch materials blown to the south. Likely the lighter materials were caught in an eddy. Trees and power lines downed, some roof damage with an open shed-garage area blown over. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Graham | - | Quarter to half-dollar size hail was reported. |
| April 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Graham | - | Power lines and trees were blown down along County Road 235 and County Road 218, about 8 miles east of Brooker. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Graham | - | 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.
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 Graham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16891817 | 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 283263. 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.








