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Hardeetown, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Chiefland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32626. The Survey maps it on the Chiefland quadrangle.

Hardeetown within Levy County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hardeetown, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Hardeetown, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Hardeetown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 342 acres in total. 11 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
Debris and open burning33
Railroad operations and maintenance32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking5
Other causes4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 September 2012Other causes1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBARN ROAD(38)
16 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNW 68TH PL. (38)
12 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLEVY/RE-BURN FIRE
10 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLEVY - ROADSIDE FIRE
2 August 2000Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2000Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLEVY/SPAINISH TRACE FIRE
10 July 2007Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLEVY - TURKEY TOWN FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Levy County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Hardeetown: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Silica. 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
Unnamed Goethite ProspectIron, SilicaOccurrence
Arrington PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Iron Forty MineIronPast Producer
Sache ProspectIronProspect
Unnamed Geothite ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed Goethite ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed Goethite ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Levy County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hardeetown in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2021Thunderstorm WindHardeetown$10,000Two homes received minor to moderate roof damage. Multiple trees and powerlines down between Chiefland and Fanning Springs.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHardeetown$5,000Fire rescue reported a few downed trees across the Chiefland and Fanning Springs areas, including one downed onto a power line.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindHardeetown$2,000Tree downed just north of intersection of U.S. Hwy 19 and NW 21 Ave near the Chiefland Regional Shopping Center.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindHardeetown$1,000Several oak trees and power lines were blown down near U.S. 19 and CR 320.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindHardeetown$1,000A very large 200 year old oak tree was blown down near the intersection of County Road 320 and NW 40th Avenue.

Every storm recorded in Levy 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
Chiefland1.2 miles11
Andrews3.0 miles10
Manatee Road3.1 miles10
Usher6.3 miles11
Fowlers Bluff10.7 miles12
Bronson12.1 miles10
Otter Creek12.5 miles10
Vista12.6 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q122559501The 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 283725. 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.