Hampton Springs, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Perry North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32347. It stands on Rocky Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hampton Springs quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 25 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 Hampton Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Hampton Springs quadrangle1:25000
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
289 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of Hampton Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 739 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 68 |
| Natural | 57 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WOODS CREEK PP (62) |
| 24 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HWY 98 FIRE (62) |
| 23 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HOMER J. SMITH(62) |
| 20 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | KINSEY ROAD (62) |
| 2 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CHAIR (62) |
| 8 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 62 - EDWARDS FIRE #330 |
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 Hampton Springs: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant |
Storms near this place
8 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hampton Springs in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton Springs | $3,000 | Trees were blown down onto power lines and resulted in a power outage to 39 customers. |
| February 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton Springs | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto power lines on Highway 98 West. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton Springs | $500 | One tree was blown down on Hampton Springs Road with no other reports of trees down or damage in the area. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton Springs | - | A tree was blown down onto Courtney Grade Road. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton Springs | - | A tree was blown down along Puckett Road. |
| August 2018 | Flood | Hampton Springs | - | Video of standing water on Courtney Grade Road was posted to the Taylor County EM facebook page. Radar estimates around 3.5 inches of rain in the previous 24 hours across the area. This rain on top of saturated soils resulted in minor flooding across the area in the form of areas of standing water. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton Springs | - | A tree was blown down in the Hampton Springs area. |
| January 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hampton Springs | - | A tree was blown down at Courtney Grade Road near Puckett 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roach | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Perry | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bucell Junction | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Secotan | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Foley | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Boyd | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Pinland | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Fenholloway | 8.4 miles | 9 |
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 Hampton Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122565579 | 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 283676. 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.





