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Marcy, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Indiantown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34974. The Survey maps it on the Marcy quadrangle.

Marcy within Martin County

Then and now

1953 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Marcy, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Marcy, surveyed 1953

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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Marcy between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,328 acres in total. 76 started naturally. 4 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
Natural76
Debris and open burning22
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
20 September 2018Natural5.8 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHORSE TRACK (43)
14 September 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRANCH (43)
1 September 2000Recreation and ceremony20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 1996Natural200 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 2001Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2006Natural32 acresFlorida Forest Service(MA) WALPOLE (1310)
12 August 2001Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Martin County

Storms near this place

7 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marcy in 7 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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
May 2018Tornado (EF0)Marcy$7,500A NWS Storm Survey determined that a severe thunderstorm along a band of convection spawned a brief tornado over rural northwest Martin County. The EF-0 tornado, with estimated winds of 70-80 mph, caused minor damage to a screen porch and damaged roof shingles on a two-story home. The tornado also ripped a portions of a roof and south-facing wall from an adjacent barn and uprooted a large tree. Debris was carried northward from the impact area.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMarcy$1,000A strong thunderstorm with estimated wind gusts near 50 mph caused minor wind damage at the J & S Fish Camp in western Martin County. A park officer reported that four awnings were torn off mobile homes, and multiple medium sized tree branches were torn off trees.
April 2022HailMarcy-The public reported hail up to half dollar sized near J & S Fish Camp.
September 2021Heavy RainMarcy-CoCoRaHS and mesonet reports indicated that between 4 and 6 inches of rain fell in just two to three hours during the late afternoon of September 19. Several observations over five inches were received from Sanford and Lake Mary (the highest value was from a Weather Underground mesonet site in Sanford; 5.90 inches). The ASOS at the Sanford International Airport (KSFB) measured 5.17 inches of rain, with 4.22 inches falling between 1600-1700 LST.
September 2020FloodMarcy-Persistent, heavy thunderstorms dropped between four and six inches of rain across far western Martin County between 1400 and 1700LST, as measured by two rain gauges. Roadways, drainage canals and low spots were flooded and water entered into the bar area of the J&S Fish Camp.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMarcy-Multiple trees of 3 to 4 inches in diameter and 7 to 8 feet tall were blown down on Martin Highway between Fox Brown Road and Allapatah Road.
June 2011HailMarcy-Golf ball sized hail was reported by the public near Martin Highway at Fox Brown Road.

Every storm recorded in Martin 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
Zana2.3 miles16
Bluefield5.3 miles15
Bessemer9.7 miles16
Port Mayaca11.0 miles10
Indiantown11.9 miles15
Arundel19.1 miles17
Tropical Park20.1 miles17
Queens Park20.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307534. 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.