BlockBefore

Rodman, 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 32177. The Survey maps it on the Rodman quadrangle.

Rodman 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 Rodman, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Rodman, 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

230 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Rodman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,076 acres in total. 92 started naturally. 26 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
Natural92
Equipment and vehicle use44
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Arson/incendiarism26
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
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
7 September 1993Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use410 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use510 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceROBIN FIRE (54)
27 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1992Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 September 1995Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rodman in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2021: 3 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
June 2021Thunderstorm WindRodman$100A small tree was blown down across County Road 310. The time of the event was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindRodman-Multiple trees were blown down along State Road 19 near Caravelle Ranch Wildlife Management Area. One fallen tree blocked the road.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindRodman-Trees were down near Simpson Court and Simpson Drive in Interlachen.

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
Okawahathako (historical)2.9 miles17
Possum Bluff3.4 miles17
Saratoga3.9 miles17
Grand View Grove4.3 miles17
Seminole Grove4.6 miles17
Nashua4.7 miles17
Hunter4.7 miles21
Buffalo Bluff5.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306304. 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.