BlockHampton Beach, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1941 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hampton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32044. The Survey maps it on the Waldo quadrangle.
Then and now
1941 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1941 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1941 USGS Starke quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Starke quadrangle1:50000
- 1949 USGS Starke quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Waldo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Waldo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
277 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Hampton Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,148 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 45 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 55 |
| Debris and open burning | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 50 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Natural | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2011 | Fireworks | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | SE 92ND AVE (04) |
| 23 September 1992 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DEER FOOT TRAIL (04) |
| 20 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03-04- EDITH ELLEN FIRE-1383 |
| 2 September 2006 | Natural | 19 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03-04-TORNADO FIRE-1334 |
| 2 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hampton Beach in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton Beach | $1,000 | Several trees were blown down near County Road 18 along both sides of U.S. Highway 301 in Hampton. A few trees feel onto power lines. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton Beach | $500 | A tree was blown down near County Road 18. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included Storm Data. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton Beach | - | A tree was blown down near SW County Road 18. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton Beach | - | A tree and several large limbs were blown down along County Road 227 in Sampson. Minor flooding was also reported. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 283672. 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.
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.