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Putnam Hall, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Interlachen-Florahome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32666. The Survey maps it on the Putnam Hall quadrangle. It stands 105 feet above sea level.

Putnam Hall within Putnam County

Then and now

1915 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Putnam Hall, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Putnam Hall, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

275 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 275 fires within 5 miles of Putnam Hall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,568 acres in total. 20 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 burning75
Railroad operations and maintenance53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Equipment and vehicle use29
Natural20
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Arson/incendiarism13
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Fireworks1

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
2 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-07-1076
18 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHALL LAKE FIRE
9 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBASS BOAT FIRE 2006-07-0272
31 August 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service707 (54)
21 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBOWDOIN FIRE 2006-07-0286

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Putnam Hall: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Clay Co Board of Co Comm. - Twin Lakes MineClayUnknown
Grandin Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Floirda Rock Industries - Grandin MineSandProducer
Florida Rock Industries, Inc. - GrandinSandProducer

Every working recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

6 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Putnam Hall in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
January 2024Thunderstorm WindPutnam Hall-Numerous reports of trees and power lines blown down were received from Florahome to Melrose. The time of damage was based on radar.
May 2016Heavy RainPutnam Hall-CWOP site recorded 2.31 inches within 2 hours. About 2.02 inches occurred within 1 hour.
June 2009HailPutnam Hall-The county sheriff reported quarter size hail on Highway 315 just south of Highway 100.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindPutnam Hall-Power lines were blown down between Florahome and Putnam Hall. Pea size hail was also reported.
March 2001Tornado (F0)Putnam Hall-Weak FO. No significat damage
April 1995Thunderstorm WindPutnam Hall-Swath of large trees downed.

Every storm recorded in Putnam 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
Grandin2.2 miles21
Florahome4.0 miles21
Melrose5.2 miles12
Georges Lake6.2 miles13
Cooper L Hills Estates6.4 miles21
Oak Ridge Park7.0 miles21
Baywood7.7 miles21
Whiteville8.4 miles24

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.

Wikipedia article on Putnam HallAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7262340The 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 294225. 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.