Hammond, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Crescent City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32112. The Survey maps it on the Crescent City quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Crescent City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Crescent City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
167 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Hammond between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,181 acres in total. 66 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2018 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CRAWFORD RD (54) |
| 28 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | JUMPING GULLY(54) |
| 8 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MC GRADY (54) |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | 8.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | SILVER POND (64) |
| 6 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PUTNAM/LINE DOWN FIRE |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF TROY ROAD |
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PUTNAM/BUMPY FIRE |
| 25 August 2001 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hammond: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burt Burden - Burden Mine | Clay | Unknown |
Storms near this place
6 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hammond in 6 storm reports between 2022 and 2025: 3 heavy rain, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | $100 | A single tree was blown down. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | $100 | A tree was blown down. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| August 2025 | Heavy Rain | Hammond | - | A private weather station in Crescent City recorded 2.21 inches of rainfall from around 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm. |
| September 2024 | Heavy Rain | Hammond | - | A mesonet station | EW6604 Crescent City measured 4.65 inches of | rain. About 4 inches fell between 220 PM and | 420 PM. |
| September 2023 | Heavy Rain | Hammond | - | A mesonet station in Crescent City measured 2.81 inches in about 1 hour. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Hammond | - | A line of strong to severe storms moved west to east across Putnam County during the morning of Saturday, March 12th, ahead of a strong cold front. A supercell moving across southern Putnam county and produced an EF1 tornado with peak winds near 93 mph from about 4 miles W of Bakerstown to 3 miles NNE of Bakerstown. Damage along the path included downed and snapped trees, mostly in rural areas. The damage path began near South Georgetown Point Road, crossed U.S. Highway 17 and ended at Crescent Lake north of Clifton Road near Eagle Trail and Osprey Lane. One outbuilding has some structure damage between Duck Drive and Eagle Trail, just north of Clifton Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Denver | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Shirley Place | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Crescent City Station | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Royal | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Crescent City | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Huntington | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Georgetown | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Fruitland | 7.2 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300899. 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.





