Lowry, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the East Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32334. It stands on Bull Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hosford quadrangle.
Then and now
1945 to 1990The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1945 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1945 USGS Hosford quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Hosford quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Hosford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Lowry between 1992 and 2019, burning about 407 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2008 | Natural | 13 acres | National Forests in Florida | LUCKY |
| 8 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1992 | Natural | 17 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (20) DEMPSEY BARRON FIRE |
| 10 July 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HWY 20 RD SHOULDER (39) |
| 7 June 2011 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | BIG BEND |
| 7 June 1996 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lowry in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2020: 2 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lowry | $2,000 | A tree was blown down onto power lines near Blue Creek Road east of Hosford and caused a power outage in the area. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Lowry | - | Flooding was reported on Highway 267 in Liberty county. Water was reported over the roadway. |
| June 2020 | Flash Flood | Lowry | - | Water was reported over Highway 20 near the intersection with NE Old Blue Creek Road. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Lowry | - | Hail to the size of quarters was reported at the Southern Express Store east of Hosford along State Road 20. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosford | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Telogia | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| White Springs | 7.4 miles | 13 | |
| Clio | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| Conners Ford | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Liberty | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bristol | 10.6 miles | 13 | |
| Rock Bluff | 10.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294843. 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.







