Hornsville, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Greenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32423. The Survey maps it on the Bascom quadrangle.
Then and now
1952 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1952 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1952 USGS Bascom quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Bascom quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Bascom quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
126 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Hornsville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 559 acres in total. 5 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 burning | 70 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SEMINOLE004 |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LEO ROAD (32) |
| 22 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | KIRKLAND RD (32) |
| 17 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | KIRKLAND ROAD (32) |
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 Hornsville: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Co. Bd of Co. Comm. - Concord Mine | Clay | Unknown | Sand |
Storms near this place
7 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hornsville in 7 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hornsville | $3,000 | Large trees and two power poles were blown down in northeast Jackson county. One location was along Timberlane Road and Highway 2. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hornsville | - | A tree was blown down along Highway 2 near Concord Road. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hornsville | - | A large oak tree blew down across Timberlane Road near Line Road. |
| March 2022 | Flash Flood | Hornsville | - | Timberlane Road near Neals Landing Road was flooded and closed. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hornsville | - | A tree was blown down near Highway 2 and Timberlane Road. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hornsville | - | A tree was blown down on Timberlane Road near the Alabama border. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hornsville | - | A tree was blown down near the intersection of Highway 2 and County Road 164. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buena Vista | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Lovedale | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Parramore | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Tocktoethla (historical) | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Haynes | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bascom | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Two Egg | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Dellwood | 8.5 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.
| Wikidata item Q122590148 | 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 295359. 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.







