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Lovett, Florida

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32331. The Survey maps it on the Baden quadrangle.

Lovett within Madison County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lovett, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Lovett, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Lovett between 1992 and 2020, burning about 464 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 burning41
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism3

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
24 September 1993Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceASHEVILLE ROAD (40)
14 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 July 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021BROOKS002
20 July 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Storms near this place

4 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lovett in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2014: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
November 2004Tornado (F1)Lovett$5,000A tornado touched down briefly and downed numerous trees just east of Hamburg. Reported by the Madison County EMA.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindLovett$500A tree was blown down onto State Highway 146.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindLovett$200Trees and power lines were blown by thunderstorm winds around the county.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindLovett-Several trees were down near Lovett.

Every storm recorded in Madison 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
Maysland2.2 miles8
Bailey4.3 miles8
Hamburg5.0 miles8
Dennet6.7 miles8
Spray8.3 miles8
Cherry Lake8.3 miles8
Reams10.2 miles9
New Mikasuki (historical)10.8 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294842. 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.