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Hyde Park, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32327. The Survey maps it on the Crawfordville East quadrangle.

Hyde Park within Wakulla County

Then and now

1940 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hyde Park, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Hyde Park, surveyed 1940

Compare 1940 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Hyde Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 939 acres in total. 13 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 burning25
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Natural13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Other causes5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
30 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDIXIE DR-(65)
15 September 2010Naturalunder an acreSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeQUAIL FIRE
8 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeSTRICKLAND FIRE
3 August 1999Natural1.4 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeHOLDINGPEN
27 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Natural30 acresSt. Marks National Wildlife RefugeMARCIA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wakulla 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 Hyde Park: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Limestone, General. 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
Lost Creek Land Development - 98 MineSandUnknown
Peavy and Son, Inc. - Hannon MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone

Every working recorded in Wakulla County

Storms near this place

13 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hyde Park in 13 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHyde Park$3,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindHyde Park$3,000A few trees were blown down north of Shell Point. Monetary damage was estimated.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindHyde Park$2,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage along Obediah Triplett Road.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHyde Park$2,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage along Highway 98 near Red Oak Lane.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHyde Park$2,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage along River Plantation Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHyde Park$1,000A tree was blown down onto a power line near the intersection of River Plantation Road and Coastal Highway.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-A tree was blown down onto Doctor Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Road.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-A tree was blown down along Spring Creek and south of Highway 98.
June 2022FloodHyde Park-Minor flooding occurred near a gas station off of Highway 98.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-Trees were blown down on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Blvd.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-Trees were blown down on Walker Farm Road.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindHyde Park-Trees were blown down on Narvaez Trail.
April 2009HailHyde Park-Penny size hail was reported along U.S. Highway 98 north of Wakulla Beach.

Every storm recorded in Wakulla 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
Wakulla Gardens2.5 miles14
Shell Island2.5 miles14
San Marcos (historical)2.6 miles14
Saint Marks3.0 miles14
Shadeville3.2 miles14
Wasupa (historical)3.8 miles14
Wakulla Beach4.2 miles14
Port Leon4.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305850. 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.