Gritney, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bonifay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32425. It stands on Paul Branch. The Survey maps it on the Caryville quadrangle. It stands 72 feet above sea level.

Gritney within Holmes County

Then and now

1949 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gritney, surveyed 1988

Topographic sheet of Gritney, surveyed 1949

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1949 USGS Caryville quadrangle1:24000
1950 USGS Caryville 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 Caryville quadrangle1:24000
1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Gritney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 713 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 13 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
Equipment and vehicle use	30
Debris and open burning	27
Railroad operations and maintenance	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15
Arson/incendiarism	13
Smoking	7
Natural	6
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Other causes	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Fireworks	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
30 September 2019	Debris and open burning	3.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	HWY 179A - 1364 (30)
27 September 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	CLEMMONS RD HAY (30)
24 September 2016	Debris and open burning	60 acres	Florida Forest Service	THREE MILE RD (30)
21 September 1995	Smoking	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
25 August 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
15 August 2019	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	HIGHWAY 177A(30)
9 July 2002	Natural	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
8 July 1995	Railroad operations and maintenance	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gritney: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Unnamed Sand Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Prospect

Every working recorded in Holmes County

Storms near this place

17 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gritney in 17 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 flood, 3 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 2018	Tornado (EF1)	Gritney	1 hurt, $250,000	A tornado touched down in Holmes county and tracked through the south central part of the county north of Caryville and northwest of Bonifay. Two barns were destroyed and one brick carport that was attached to a house was destroyed. The roof of this house was mostly gone. There was one minor injury. The tornado was rated EF1 with peak winds estimated at 110 mph. Damage cost was estimated.
May 2025	Tornado (EF2)	Gritney	1 hurt, $100,000	This tornado began southwest of Bodie Lane and southeast of Tobe Retherford where it uprooted hardwood trees and snapped large limbs. This tornado increased in strength when it reached the intersection of Newberry Lane and Highway 177A as it caused numerous tree trunks to snap along with the tops of softwood trees; this was one of the areas indicative of damage consistent with low end EF-2 wind speeds. The tornado then moved parallel to Flowing Well Road while uprooting several hardwood trees, snapping large limbs, causing three electrical wooden power poles to snap, along with causing minor roof damage to a single-wide manufactured home. The tornado continued to move northeast across Old Ridge Road where several hardwood trees were uprooted and snapped. Once the tornado reached Highway 2 south of Esto, it caused several types of damage ranging from a tipped over Exxon Gas station covering, numerous snapped hardwood and softwood trees, an overturned SUV and trailer, and minor to moderate roof damage to a small business and a one-story home; this was another area indicative of damage consistent of low end EF-2 wind speeds. The Holmes County Sheriffs Office reported one minor injury in the vicinity of the intersection of Highways 2 and 79. As the tornado continued to track northeast to Noma, it continued to snap hardwood tree limbs, uproot trees and promote moderate roof damage of a single-wide manufactured home. The tornado then crossed northeast to the Florida and Alabama state line snapping hardwood limbs. Before it dissipated in Alabama just north of Highway 4, it snapped numerous softwood tree trunks and the tops of trees.
November 2015	Flood	Gritney	$50,000	Horseshoe Loop was closed due to flooding.
January 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Gritney	$5,000	Numerous trees and power lines blew down in the Gritney area.
January 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Gritney	$2,000	A power line was hanging 6 feet above the road at Highway 179 at Grace Fellowship Church.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Gritney	$2,000	Power lines were blown down along Highway 179.
July 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Gritney	$1,000	Several trees were blown down in the area with one tree blocking Bonifay Gritney Road.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Gritney	-	A tree was blown down along Highway 177A.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Gritney	-	Trees were blown down.
July 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Gritney	-	A tree and power lines were blown down on Boat Ramp Road.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Gritney	-	A tree was reported down near the Dogwood Lakes area.
December 2023	Tornado (EF1)	Gritney	-	A tornado touched down just east of the Chattahoochee River in southern Holmes County and headed northeast. Damage along the path consisted of snapped and uprooted trees. No structural damage was found. The largest concentration of damage occurred on CR 179 along and east of Boat Ramp Road. Several pines were snapped on either side of the highway and there were a couple of uprooted hardwood trees as well. The tornado then crossed a remote unpopulated area along Wright's Creek before damaging some trees on Bonifay Gritney Road between Dyson Circle and Faircloth Drive. No additional damage was found east of that location. Damage was consistent with an EF-1 tornado with maximum winds of 90-95 mph.
July 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Gritney	-	Trees were blown down on Hathaway Mill Road.
August 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Gritney	-	A tree was blown down.
January 2017	Flood	Gritney	-	Blue Springs Road was closed due to flooding. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.
April 2014	Flood	Gritney	-	Horseshoe Loop Road was flooded and closed at the creek.
February 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	Gritney	-	A thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph was measured.

Every storm recorded in Holmes 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Hathaway Mill	2.3 miles	13
Cerrogordo	3.1 miles	14
Baker Settlement	4.4 miles	14
Westville	4.5 miles	13
Izagora	5.0 miles	15
Hickory Hill	5.1 miles	14
Bounds Crossing	5.2 miles	14
Hudson	6.2 miles	14

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 Gritney	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q29043450	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 295324. 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.