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Lamont, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Wacissa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32336. It stands on Beasley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lamont quadrangle. 170 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 63 feet above sea level.

Lamont within Jefferson County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lamont, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Lamont, surveyed 1954

On record in Lamont

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Lamont fell from 178 to 170 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010178
2020170-8 (-4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Lamont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 369 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Equipment and vehicle use14
Debris and open burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2

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
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSOUTH SALT ROAD (33)
5 June 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 June 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCANE SYRUP (40)
21 June 2020Debris and open burning7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOVERSTREET (40)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lamont: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Unnamed Limestone ProspectLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

11 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lamont in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2020Tornado (EF1)Lamont$2,000Initial damage was noted in far eastern Jefferson County along HWY 257 near its intersection with Walker Spring Rd. Damage consisting of many hundreds of snapped and uprooted trees continued east northeast into Madison County eventually crossing HWY 19. There was also at least one wooden power pole snapped. This tornado was rated EF1 with max winds estimated at 90 mph.
February 2015Thunderstorm WindLamont$2,000Trees were blown down near Lamont.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindLamont$2,000no account filed
May 2024Tornado (EF0)Lamont-The tornado initially touched down in Jefferson county just north of the intersection of Hall Road and S Salt Road where it twisted, uprooted, and snapped many young pine trees on the side of the road as it moved southeast. The Jefferson county portion of this tornado was rated EF0. The tornado would first reach EF1 intensity as it crossed SW Mount Olive Church Road in Madison County where numerous trees were uprooted and a trailer was damaged. The tornado would then begin a more easterly trajectory where trees were snapped along the Madison-Taylor county line. It would continue east-northeast through Madison county mostly through rural areas producing concentrated areas of EF1 damage to pine and oak trees throughout the duration. The tornado would continue its path over farmland just south of state route 8, tipping and twisting many irrigation spickets as well as snapping and uprooting adjacent trees. The tornado would dissipate over a field just west of the Madison-Suwannee county border. This tornado was rated as an EF1 with maximum winds of 100 mph and a maximum|width of 1300 yards.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindLamont-Two pine trees were blown down at East Capps Highway and South Barber Hill Road, blocking traffic lanes.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindLamont-Tree were blown down near Lamont.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindLamont-A tree was blown down along South Salt Road.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindLamont-A tree was blown down onto the roadway.
June 2014HailLamont-Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported in Lamont via a picture on social media.
June 2012Heavy RainLamont-A storm total rainfall of 11.25 inches fell during Tropical Storm Debby.
June 2012Heavy RainLamont-A storm total rainfall of 13.75 inches fell during Tropical Storm Debby.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Capps5.7 miles9
Nash6.8 miles9
Hatchcakamocha (historical)7.7 miles9
Aucilla7.7 miles9
Waukeenah7.8 miles9
Wacissa (historical)7.9 miles9
Thomas City8.6 miles9
Drifton8.9 miles9

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 LamontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6482179The 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 285320. 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.