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Inwood, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sneads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32442. It stands on Fallen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sneads quadrangle.

Inwood within Jackson 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 Inwood, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Inwood, 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

202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Inwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 823 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 17 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 burning67
Railroad operations and maintenance33
Equipment and vehicle use24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Arson/incendiarism17
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes3

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
9 September 1997Recreation and ceremony28 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use57 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLOUNT ROAD (32)
26 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLEWIS LANE (32)
24 September 2019Debris and open burning73 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLUEBERRY DRIVE (32)
20 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSEWER PLANT (32)
20 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceKAVA DR (32)
19 September 1997Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Inwood: 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand, Clay, Sand. 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
Glf Construction Corp. - Glf Borrow Pit MineSandUnknown
Jackson Co. Bd of Co. Comm. - State MineSand, ClayUnknownClay, Sand
Unnamed Ls. ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unnamed Ls. ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

9 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Inwood in 9 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2015Flash FloodInwood$2,000Portions of Gemini Loop near Williams Road were washed out with water over the road. Monetary damage to the road was estimated.
April 2015Flash FloodInwood$2,000Portions of Walden Road were washed out with water flowing over the road. Monetary damage to the road was estimated.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindInwood-A tree was blown down onto McKeown Mill Road.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindInwood-A tree was blown down and blocking the road at 696 Blueberry Drive.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindInwood-A tree was blown down onto Blueberry Road.
August 2022Flash FloodInwood-Salem Church Road at Gemini Loop was closed due to flooding.
March 2020Thunderstorm WindInwood-A tree was blown down on Blueberry Drive.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindInwood-A tree was blown down off South Blueberry Drive.
March 2012Heavy RainInwood-A storm total rainfall of 5.20 inches was reported by the public.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Grand Ridge2.6 miles13
Yamassee (historical)2.6 miles13
Sneads2.7 miles13
Ocheesee Gardens3.0 miles13
Tamathli (historical)3.0 miles13
Shady Grove3.5 miles13
Sinai4.3 miles13
Osochi (historical)4.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295376. 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.