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Hunter, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Interlachen-Florahome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32147. The Survey maps it on the Rodman quadrangle.

Hunter within Putnam County

Then and now

1915 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hunter, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Hunter, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

361 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 361 fires within 5 miles of Hunter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,190 acres in total. 99 started naturally. 34 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
Natural99
Equipment and vehicle use71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Railroad operations and maintenance42
Debris and open burning42
Arson/incendiarism34
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
25 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2003-08-1095 PUTNAM
21 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2003Arson/incendiarism20 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-08-1089 PUTNAM
12 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLITTLE(54)
7 August 1995Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hunter in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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
May 2022LightningHunter$1,000A home was struck by lightning east of Hollister. The home had minor damage and there were no injuries reported. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHunter-Trees were blown down across the county.

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Hollister2.9 miles21
Francis3.5 miles17
Okawahathako (historical)3.7 miles17
Peniel4.5 miles17
Rodman4.7 miles21
Buffalo Bluff5.1 miles17
Springside5.4 miles17
Springside Park5.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305845. 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.

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.