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Pittman, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Esto-Noma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32425. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Izagora quadrangle.

Pittman within Holmes County

Then and now

1950 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pittman, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Pittman, surveyed 1950

Compare 1950 against another survey:

On record in Pittman

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

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

120 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Pittman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 949 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 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 burning29
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Equipment and vehicle use20
Arson/incendiarism13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2

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
8 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/ HWY 179A-0507
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/TEXAS LANE-0571
27 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCLEMMONS RD HAY (30)
24 September 2010Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Service30/SOWELL LOOP-0559
21 September 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRUM RD (30)
20 September 2010Other causes1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service30/HWY 179A WEST -0545

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Holmes County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pittman: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Revelle Sand Co. - Carryville PlantSandProducer

Every working recorded in Holmes County

Storms near this place

13 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pittman in 13 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood, 1 flash 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
July 2007Thunderstorm WindPittman$10,000A pump house was damaged and trees were down at the intersection of State Highway 2 and County Road 179A.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindPittman$2,000A tree was blown down onto a power line near 1231 Highway 179.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPittman$2,000Trees were blown down on power lines and across roadways in and around Pittman.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindPittman$2,000A tree was blown down along with a power outage near the Pittman community.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindPittman$1,000A tree was blown down near County Road 65. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
November 2006Thunderstorm WindPittman$1,000Numerous trees down in and around Pittman.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindPittman-Trees were blown down along JW Miller Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPittman-Trees were blown down on JW Miller Road.
April 2021Flash FloodPittman-Highway 2 and Copperhead Lane were underwater.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindPittman-A tree was blown down in Pittman.
January 2017FloodPittman-Willoughby Lane was closed due to flooding. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.
January 2017FloodPittman-Pope Lane was closed due to flooding. This was due to a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindPittman-There were scattered reports of trees blown down across Holmes county.

Every storm recorded in Holmes 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
Izagora2.5 miles15
New Hope3.2 miles16
Smith Crossroads3.8 miles15
Miller Crossroads4.2 miles14
Bethlehem4.5 miles14
Barker Store5.4 miles16
Ards Crossroads6.8 miles14
Baker Settlement6.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289001. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.