Greenhead, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32428. It stands on Greenhead Branch. The Survey maps it on the Vernon quadrangle.
Then and now
1950 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1950 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
142 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Greenhead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,125 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 10 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 burning | 41 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HOLLY HILLS RD (67) |
| 25 September 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LEISURE LAKES DRIVE |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PANTHER TRAIL (67) |
| 21 September 1997 | Smoking | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | QUAIL RIDGE RD (67) |
| 16 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 67/CRYSTAL VILLAGE2007-02-0929 |
| 17 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Greenhead: 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dmp Investments, Inc. - Washington County | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| American Sand & Excavation, Inc. - Washington Co. Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Cato Enterprises, Inc. - Sr 20 Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Florida Asphalt and Paving - Bay Co. Pits | Sand | Producer | ||
| Royal American Construction Co., - Royal American Pit 1 | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
12 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenhead in 12 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Greenhead | $750,000 | A tornado struck the south and east edge of Porter Lake. Two mobile homes were destroyed and a pleasure boat capsized. Numerous utility sheds and decks were destroyed. Three small boats were blown into a nearby wooded area. Reported by the Washington County EMA. |
| October 1997 | Tornado (F1) | Greenhead | $350,000 | An F1 tornado touched down five miles southeast of Vernon near Greenhead on Highway 279. Three barns, a pickup truck and a doublewide trailer were destroyed. Two homes sustained roof damage. Numerous trees were uprooted. |
| February 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Greenhead | $300,000 | A tornado struck the Rolling Pines area. One home and two farm buildings were destroyed. One shed was damaged. Reported by the Washington County EMA. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenhead | $50,000 | There was structural damage to the Washington County Correctional Institute on Sam Mitchell Drive. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenhead | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down at Highway 77 and Moss Hill Road. |
| November 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenhead | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenhead | $1,000 | Numerous downed trees reported by the Washington County EMA. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Greenhead | - | Multiple trees blew down at Chain Lake Road and Carter Circle. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Greenhead | - | Water was reported over the roadway near Wages Pond Road and Deadening Road. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Greenhead | - | Nickel size hail reported by a local radio station. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Greenhead | - | Nickel size hail reported by a Panama City Channel 7 meteorologist. |
| July 2025 | Hail | Greenhead | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grantham | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Crystal Lake | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Macom | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Holmes Valley | 6.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sylvania | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Norum | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Vernon | 8.6 miles | 14 | |
| New Hope | 9.4 miles | 13 |
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 Greenhead | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q19462073 | 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 295323. 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.







