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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.

Lowry within Liberty County

Then and now

1945 to 1990

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Lowry, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Lowry, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 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

47 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking1
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
14 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2008Natural13 acresNational Forests in FloridaLUCKY
8 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1992Natural17 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2007Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(20) DEMPSEY BARRON FIRE
10 July 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHWY 20 RD SHOULDER (39)
7 June 2011Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaBIG BEND
7 June 1996Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty County

Storms near this place

4 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2012Thunderstorm WindLowry$2,000A 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 2020Flash FloodLowry-Flooding was reported on Highway 267 in Liberty county. Water was reported over the roadway.
June 2020Flash FloodLowry-Water was reported over Highway 20 near the intersection with NE Old Blue Creek Road.
May 2012HailLowry-Hail to the size of quarters was reported at the Southern Express Store east of Hosford along State Road 20.

Every storm recorded in Liberty 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
Hosford2.9 miles13
Telogia5.6 miles13
White Springs7.4 miles13
Clio7.7 miles13
Conners Ford8.2 miles13
Liberty10.4 miles13
Bristol10.6 miles13
Rock Bluff10.9 miles12

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.