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Iamonia, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Northeast Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32312. The Survey maps it on the Beachton quadrangle.

Iamonia within Leon County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Iamonia, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Iamonia, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Iamonia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 360 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 burning44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural3
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
17 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-GRADY-014
23 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-GRADY-013
6 June 1996Debris and open burning23 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 June 1998Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHORSESHOE 2 (37)
7 May 2020Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020GRADY036
7 May 2012Natural17 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-GRADY-048

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leon County

Storms near this place

13 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Iamonia in 13 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 12 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
March 2026LightningIamonia$500,000The historic Beadel House at Tall Timbers was destroyed in a fire caused by lightning.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindIamonia$3,000A tree was blown down onto a power line and blocking Thomasville Road.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindIamonia$3,000A power line was blown down onto County Road 12 and blocking traffic.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindIamonia$1,000A tree was blown down in the County Road 12 area of Gallien Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindIamonia$1,000Numerous pine trees were toppled by winds near the Florida-Georgia state line just north of Iamonia.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindIamonia$750Leon county dispatch reported a tree down blocking one lane of County Road 12. Monetary damage was estimated.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindIamonia-Trees were down on US 319 near Mt Zion Primitive Baptist Church and Dawkins Pond.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindIamonia-A tree was blown down on Iamonia Landing and County Road 12.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindIamonia-A power line was blown down on Bethpage Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindIamonia-A power line was blown down along County Road 12.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindIamonia-A large tree was blown down near Anniebell Road and Iamonia Landing Road.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindIamonia-The Florida Highway Patrol reported a tree in the road at US 319 and County Road 12.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindIamonia-A NWS employee reported a few downed trees and numerous tree limbs along SR 12.

Every storm recorded in Leon 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
Felkel5.5 miles12
Meridian6.6 miles11
Ocklockonee (historical)7.2 miles11
Centerville7.7 miles12
Bradfordville7.9 miles12
Blocker8.1 miles13
Miccosukee8.2 miles12
Concord9.5 miles12

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 IamoniaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5980706The 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 295372. 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.