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Hudson, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Holmes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32464. It stands on Hudson Hill. The Survey maps it on the Prosperity quadrangle.

Hudson within Holmes County

Then and now

1950 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hudson, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Hudson, surveyed 1950

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

106 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Hudson between 1993 and 2020, burning about 646 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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 burning27
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking6
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBAKER POND II (30)
26 September 2011Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHORSE BARN RD (30)
20 September 2010Debris and open burning2.5 acresFlorida Forest Service30/CORINTH RD-0548
29 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.8 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2000Natural12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2011Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBAKER POND (30)
7 July 2017Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLARRY THOMAS LANE (30)
7 July 1998Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hudson: 6 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 Clay DepositClayProspect
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Hudson Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Melson Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unnamed Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

Every working recorded in Holmes County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hudson in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 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
April 2023Thunderstorm WindHudson-A tree was blown down onto Prescott Road.

Every storm recorded in Holmes 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
Prosperity0.8 miles14
Arrant Settlement1.6 miles14
Baker Settlement2.1 miles14
Hickory Hill2.9 miles14
Cerrogordo3.6 miles14
Hobbs Crossroads3.8 miles16
Barker Store3.9 miles16
Bounds Crossing4.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295368. 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.