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Purvis Still, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the White Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32096. The Survey maps it on the Genoa quadrangle.

Purvis Still within Hamilton County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Purvis Still, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Purvis Still, 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Purvis Still between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,076 acres in total. 25 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
Natural25
Debris and open burning13
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2

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 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePCS 24-06
29 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePCS MOBILE SHOP(24-06)
6 August 2007Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaDUCK POND
3 August 1999Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2011Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePCS (24-6)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Purvis Still: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
North Florida-South Georgia DistrictPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1930, 1964
Suwannee River MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1960, 1965
White Springs Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1966

Every working recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

11 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Purvis Still in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 2 hail, 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
June 2012FloodPurvis Still$100,000Widespread flooding occurred across Hamilton county. At 9 pm on 6/25, law enforcement reported flooding at U.S. Highway 129 at County Road 150 in Jasper. At 6:43 am on 6/26, a CoCoRaHS observer about 5 miles WSW of Jennings reported 11 inches of rainfall. NW 13th Drive was flooded. At 8:16 am on 6/26 a co-operative observer reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 10.57 inches in Jasper. At 11:58 am that morning, another co-operative observer reported 13 inches of rainfall in about 12 hours about 7 miles north of White Springs. The cost of damage was estimated and is likely grossly under-estimated.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindPurvis Still-A mesonet station about 5 miles SW of Belmont measured a wind gust of 58 mph.
April 2021HailPurvis Still-Spotter reported large hail that dented vehicles about 9 miles north of White Springs along County Road 135.
April 2021HailPurvis Still-A video of up to golf ball size hail fell near 7340 SE County Road 135 in eastern Hamilton County. The hail severely damaged crops in the area.
July 2019Heavy RainPurvis Still-A WeatherStem station at Nutrien Swift Creek measured a daily storm total rainfall of 2.4 inches.
July 2019Heavy RainPurvis Still-The WeatherStem station at Nutrien Suwannee measured a daily rainfall total of 2.67 inches.
July 2019Heavy RainPurvis Still-An observer north of White Springs measured 2.24 inches of rain within 1 hour.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindPurvis Still-Trees were downed on County Road 135.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPurvis Still-Trees were blown down across the eastern section of the county. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindPurvis Still-Trees were down at County Road 6 East and County Road 135.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPurvis Still-The Hamilton County Road Department reported trees were blown down along their Woodpack route which included Northeast 180th Blvd. The time of the damage was based on radar imagery.

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Blacks Still3.5 miles9
Genoa4.4 miles9
Facil4.6 miles9
Belmont4.9 miles9
Long Branch5.2 miles9
Camps Still5.7 miles9
White Springs6.8 miles9
Hillcoat8.4 miles8

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122541060The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294900. 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.