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Izagora, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Esto-Noma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32425. It stands on Ginhouse Branch. The Survey maps it on the Izagora quadrangle.

Izagora within Holmes County

Then and now

1950 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Izagora, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Izagora, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Izagora between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,073 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 burning32
Equipment and vehicle use23
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking9
Arson/incendiarism7
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Other causes2
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
8 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBAKER POND II (30)
5 September 2010Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/ HWY 179A-0507
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/TEXAS LANE-0571
27 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCLEMMONS RD HAY (30)
24 September 2016Debris and open burning60 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHREE MILE RD (30)
24 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Service30/SOWELL LOOP-0559
20 September 2010Other causes1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/HWY 179A WEST -0545

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes 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 Izagora: 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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
Revelle Sand Co. - Carryville PlantSandProducer
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

Every working recorded in Holmes County

Storms near this place

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Izagora in 5 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash 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
March 2006Thunderstorm WindIzagora$10,000One home sustained partial roof damage. Some small trees were snapped. Reported by the Holmes County EMA.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindIzagora$2,000Power lines were blown down on County Highway 179.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindIzagora$2,000Isolated trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindIzagora$2,000Trees and power lines were down at Elrod Circle.
May 2024Flash FloodIzagora-Flooding was reported along McGee 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
Pittman2.5 miles15
New Hope3.3 miles16
Barker Store4.0 miles16
Baker Settlement4.5 miles14
Gritney5.0 miles13
Bethlehem5.5 miles14
Cerrogordo5.9 miles14
Miller Crossroads5.9 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122559054The 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 294815. 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.