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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.

Hammond within Putnam County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Hammond, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Hammond, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

167 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural66
Debris and open burning34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Arson/incendiarism13
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
30 September 2018Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCRAWFORD RD (54)
28 September 2014Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceJUMPING GULLY(54)
8 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMC GRADY (54)
6 August 2020Natural8.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSILVER POND (64)
6 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/LINE DOWN FIRE
5 August 2006Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF TROY ROAD
5 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/BUMPY FIRE
25 August 2001Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burt Burden - Burden MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

6 since 2022

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHammond$100A single tree was blown down. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHammond$100A tree was blown down. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
August 2025Heavy RainHammond-A private weather station in Crescent City recorded 2.21 inches of rainfall from around 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm.
September 2024Heavy RainHammond-A mesonet station | EW6604 Crescent City measured 4.65 inches of | rain. About 4 inches fell between 220 PM and | 420 PM.
September 2023Heavy RainHammond-A mesonet station in Crescent City measured 2.81 inches in about 1 hour.
March 2022Tornado (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.

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Denver1.6 miles10
Shirley Place2.0 miles10
Crescent City Station2.4 miles10
Mount Royal3.3 miles10
Crescent City3.4 miles10
Huntington4.4 miles10
Georgetown6.2 miles11
Fruitland7.2 miles11

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.