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Gulf Hammock, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Cedar Key-Yankeetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32639. It stands on Mule Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bronson SW quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.

Gulf Hammock within Levy County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gulf Hammock, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Gulf Hammock, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

122 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Gulf Hammock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 836 acres in total. 79 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural79
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1

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
23 September 1995Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePALMETTO(38)
8 August 2014Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLITTLE CYPRESS (38)
5 August 2008Natural18 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLEVY/1112/MAGEE BRNCH
30 August 2001Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2001Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Levy County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Gulf Hammock: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Dolomite, Limestone, General. 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
Levy Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - Gulf Hammock MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Florida Rock Ind. - Gulf HammockDolomiteProducerDolomite
Hammock Dolomite ProspectDolomiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Levy County

Storms near this place

6 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gulf Hammock in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
July 2019Thunderstorm WindGulf Hammock$10,000The local fire department reported multiple trees down across eastern Levy County around County Road 326.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindGulf Hammock$5,000Florida DOT reported a downed tree was blocking the left lane of US-19 in Gulf Hammock.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindGulf Hammock$2,000Trees were blown down across a County Highway and were blocking it.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindGulf Hammock$1,000Fire Rescue reported a tree down near Gulf Hammock along County Rd 326 near US Hwy 19.
September 2017Thunderstorm WindGulf Hammock$1,000The Levy County 911 call center reported a tree had fallen on power lines near SE 42 Court and County Road 326. Time was estimated by radar.
July 2000Tornado (F0)Gulf Hammock-The Levy County Emergency Management reported that a tornado briefly touched down along U.S. Highway 19 near Gulf Hammock.

Every storm recorded in Levy 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
Beetree Ford4.6 miles11
Ellzey5.2 miles10
Otter Creek5.4 miles10
Rosewood10.7 miles11
Usher11.6 miles11
Williston Highlands11.7 miles11
Tidewater12.1 miles11
Sumner12.8 miles11

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 Gulf HammockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5617486The 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 283492. 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.