BlockBefore

Red Head, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Vernon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32462. It stands on Red Head Branch. The Survey maps it on the Red Head quadrangle. It stands 98 feet above sea level.

Red Head within Washington County

Then and now

1945 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 49 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Red Head, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Red Head, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Red Head between 1992 and 2019, burning about 431 acres in total. 7 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
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Debris and open burning8
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
27 September 2016Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMOODY PASTURE (67)
7 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1997Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2004Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePINE LOG # 2
12 July 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 2007Natural3.3 acresFlorida Forest Service67/MOODY PASTURE-0681
22 June 2000Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Red Head: 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

2 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Head in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2022: 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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
March 2021Tornado (EF0)Red Head-A tornadic debris signature was observed on dual-pol radar in a forested area with tree damage. No structural damage was reported.
March 2022HailRed Head-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Ebro3.2 miles16
Bunker Donation3.4 miles13
Millers Ferry5.9 miles13
Live Oak6.5 miles13
New Hope6.5 miles13
Holmes Valley8.1 miles14
Crystal Lake8.6 miles16
Norum8.9 miles13

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 Red HeadAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7304238The 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 294903. 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.