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Hardaway, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Quincy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32324. The Survey maps it on the Mount Pleasant quadrangle.

Hardaway within Gadsden 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 Hardaway, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Hardaway, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Hardaway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,099 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 maintenance58
Debris and open burning55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCHAD (20)-0527
30 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePHILLPIS RD (20)
30 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burning1.7 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHUMPHREY RD**NOV** (20)-0585
25 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHARDAWAY (20)
25 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gadsden County

Storms near this place

6 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hardaway in 6 storm reports between 2004 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2015Thunderstorm WindHardaway$2,000A tree was blown down onto power lines in the Hardaway area.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHardaway$1,000A large pine tree was blown down across Hardaway Highway and discovered by law enforcement. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHardaway$500A few downed trees reported by the Gadsden County EMA.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindHardaway-Multiple trees were blown down on I-10 between Mile Marker 166 and Mile Marker 169.
May 2012HailHardaway-WCTV relayed a viewer report of half dollar to golf ball size hail covering a yard in the Hardaway area.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindHardaway-Several trees were down along Interstate 10 midway between County Road 270A and State Highway 12.

Every storm recorded in Gadsden 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
Mount Pleasant3.0 miles13
Gretna4.1 miles14
Greensboro4.2 miles14
Oak Grove4.2 miles13
Rosedale4.2 miles13
Douglas City5.6 miles14
Sycamore5.9 miles14
Juniper6.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 283731. 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.