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Grandin, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Interlachen-Florahome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32666. The Survey maps it on the Putnam Hall quadrangle. It stands 105 feet above sea level.

Grandin within Putnam County

Then and now

1915 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Grandin, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Grandin, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

269 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Grandin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,543 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 24 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Debris and open burning51
Railroad operations and maintenance44
Equipment and vehicle use39
Natural25
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2

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
2 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1076
18 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM-SELMA FIRE
18 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM -NORMANS FIRE
18 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM - STEPHEN FIRE
9 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBASS BOAT FIRE 2006-07-0272
31 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Grandin: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Peat. 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
Clay Co Board of Co Comm. - Twin Lakes MineClayUnknown
Grandin Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Traxler Peat - Florahome MinePeatProducerPeat
Floirda Rock Industries - Grandin MineSandProducer
Florida Rock Industries, Inc. - GrandinSandProducer

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

9 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grandin in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 1997Thunderstorm WindGrandin$700Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindGrandin$200Several trees down on the northern side of Interlachen. Time estimated via radar and the cost of damage was inclusion for the event in Storm Data.
July 2025Heavy RainGrandin-Mesonet station DW9112 Hawthorne measured 2.01 inches of rain in one hour.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindGrandin-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across NW Putnam county.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindGrandin-Trees were blown down into power lines. The time of damage was based on radar.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindGrandin-Significant tree damage occurred with both trees and power lines blown down near County Road 315 West of Lake Grandin. The time of damage was based on radar.
May 2009Funnel CloudGrandin-A Sheriffs Deputy reported a funnel cloud over western Putnam County.
October 2008HailGrandin-Penny size hail was reported near Florahome.
July 2003HailGrandin-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
Florahome1.9 miles21
Putnam Hall2.2 miles21
Cooper L Hills Estates5.3 miles21
Georges Lake5.3 miles13
Baywood5.5 miles21
Oak Ridge Park6.6 miles21
Melrose7.1 miles12
Carraway7.1 miles21

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 GrandinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14685877The 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 283278. 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.