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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.

Harold within Santa Rosa County

Then and now

1934 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Harold, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Harold, surveyed 1934

Compare 1934 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Harold 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.

YearPeople Change
2010823
2020909+86 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 18 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

360 since 1992

Regional 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 use91
Debris and open burning71
Railroad operations and maintenance69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Arson/incendiarism33
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Natural8
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2007Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFARM LIFE ROAD FIRE
6 September 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceINDIAN FORD TRACTOR (57)
3 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2000Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2004Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOUTLOOK RD FIRE-1134
25 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceGARNIERR LANDING (57)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Rosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Three Trade Consultants, Inc. - Three Trade Consult.SandProducer
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect

Every working recorded in Santa Rosa County

Storms near this place

12 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1998LightningHarold3 hurtSeveral 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 2017LightningHarold2 hurtTwo individuals were struck by lightning.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindHarold$12,000High winds from a thunderstorm downed trees and power lines in Harold.
January 1997LightningHarold$5,000no account filed
November 1996Thunderstorm WindHarold$4,000no account filed
September 1998Thunderstorm WindHarold$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down just north of Harold, near the Blackwater River State Park.
August 1996Thunderstorm WindHarold$1,000no account filed
March 2020Thunderstorm WindHarold-Strong winds downed power lines in Harold.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHarold-A severe thunderstorm produce high winds and penny size hail just west of Harold.
May 2005HailHarold-Motorists reported penny sized hail along Highway 90.
January 1999Tornado (F0)Harold-Law Enforcement saw a tornado briefly touch down near Deaton Bridge in the Blackwater River State Park. No damage was found.
March 2001HailHarold-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Santa Rosa 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
Floridale2.8 miles18
Parkerville2.9 miles17
Indian Ford4.4 miles18
Roeville6.1 miles18
Broxson6.7 miles20
Ward Basin8.0 miles20
East Milton8.1 miles15
Spring Hill8.2 miles13

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 HaroldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5892385The 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.