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Nash, 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. The Survey maps it on the Waukeenah quadrangle.

Nash 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 Nash, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Nash, surveyed 1954

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

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Nash between 1992 and 2020, burning about 483 acres in total. 4 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
Debris and open burning35
Railroad operations and maintenance28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
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
4 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(33) TEXACO FIRE
29 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 July 2007Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(33) WILD TURKEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

10 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nash in 10 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 10 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 2018Thunderstorm WindNash$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindNash$3,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage near I-10 and Waukeenah Highway.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindNash$2,000Power lines were blown down.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindNash$2,000Wind damage from flying debris resulted in a power outage.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindNash$2,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage along Pineview Road.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindNash$2,000Power lines were blown down on Brown Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindNash$1,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage near Hatchett Road and Jordan Road.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindNash$500A large tree was blown down across US-19, blocking both northbound lanes.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindNash-Trees were uprooted.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindNash-A large tree fully blocked I-10 westbound near Mile Marker 227.

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
Hatchcakamocha (historical)0.9 miles9
Drifton2.9 miles9
Capps3.2 miles9
Casa Blanco4.3 miles7
Waukeenah4.4 miles9
Lois5.1 miles7
Monticello6.4 miles7
Montivilla6.4 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294863. 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.