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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.

Greenhead within Washington County

Then and now

1950 to 1988

The 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 sheet of Greenhead, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Greenhead, surveyed 1950

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

142 since 1992

Regional 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 burning41
Railroad operations and maintenance30
Natural15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism10
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
25 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHOLLY HILLS RD (67)
25 September 2004Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLEISURE LAKES DRIVE
21 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePANTHER TRAIL (67)
21 September 1997Smoking5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2019Debris and open burning12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceQUAIL RIDGE RD (67)
16 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service67/CRYSTAL VILLAGE2007-02-0929
17 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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.

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

12 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2000Tornado (F1)Greenhead$750,000A 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 1997Tornado (F1)Greenhead$350,000An 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 2000Tornado (F1)Greenhead$300,000A 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 2009Thunderstorm WindGreenhead$50,000There was structural damage to the Washington County Correctional Institute on Sam Mitchell Drive.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGreenhead$3,000Power lines were blown down at Highway 77 and Moss Hill Road.
November 2014Thunderstorm WindGreenhead$2,000Power lines were blown down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindGreenhead$1,000Numerous downed trees reported by the Washington County EMA.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindGreenhead-Multiple trees blew down at Chain Lake Road and Carter Circle.
September 2024Flash FloodGreenhead-Water was reported over the roadway near Wages Pond Road and Deadening Road.
July 2003HailGreenhead-Nickel size hail reported by a local radio station.
April 2000HailGreenhead-Nickel size hail reported by a Panama City Channel 7 meteorologist.
July 2025HailGreenhead-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Grantham3.6 miles14
Crystal Lake4.4 miles16
Macom5.3 miles14
Holmes Valley6.6 miles14
Sylvania7.8 miles14
Norum8.3 miles13
Vernon8.6 miles14
New Hope9.4 miles13

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 GreenheadAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19462073The 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.