Harold, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1934 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Harold census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32583. The Survey maps it on the Harold quadrangle. 909 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 148 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1934 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1934 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresHarold grew from 823 to 909 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 823 | |
| 2020 | 909 | +86 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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.
- 1934 USGS Harold quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Harold quadrangle1:48000
- 1937 USGS Harold quadrangle1:62500
- 1938 USGS Harold quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Harold quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Crestview quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Harold quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
360 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 360 fires within 5 miles of Harold between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,591 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 33 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 91 |
| Debris and open burning | 71 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 69 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 58 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | FARM LIFE ROAD FIRE |
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | INDIAN FORD TRACTOR (57) |
| 3 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | OUTLOOK RD FIRE-1134 |
| 25 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GARNIERR LANDING (57) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Harold: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Trade Consultants, Inc. - Three Trade Consult. | Sand | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Clay | Prospect |
Storms near this place
12 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harold in 12 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning, 2 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 5 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1998 | Lightning | Harold | 3 hurt | Several people were riding 4-wheelers near the Blackwater River State Park when a storm suddenly moved in. Lightning struck a pine tree near the people and they decided to get under that tree, thinking if it got hit once, lightning wouldn't strike it again. Lightning did strike the tree again and three people were injured and taken to a local hospital. One of the males had burns on one of his feet and two others had hair singed on their arms and legs. All three were treated and released. |
| August 2017 | Lightning | Harold | 2 hurt | Two individuals were struck by lightning. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harold | $12,000 | High winds from a thunderstorm downed trees and power lines in Harold. |
| January 1997 | Lightning | Harold | $5,000 | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harold | $4,000 | no account filed |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harold | $3,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down just north of Harold, near the Blackwater River State Park. |
| August 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harold | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harold | - | Strong winds downed power lines in Harold. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harold | - | A severe thunderstorm produce high winds and penny size hail just west of Harold. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Harold | - | Motorists reported penny sized hail along Highway 90. |
| January 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Harold | - | Law Enforcement saw a tornado briefly touch down near Deaton Bridge in the Blackwater River State Park. No damage was found. |
| March 2001 | Hail | Harold | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floridale | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Parkerville | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Indian Ford | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Roeville | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Broxson | 6.7 miles | 20 | |
| Ward Basin | 8.0 miles | 20 | |
| East Milton | 8.1 miles | 15 | |
| Spring Hill | 8.2 miles | 13 |
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 Harold | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5892385 | 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 283750. 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.









