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Satsuma, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Crescent City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32189. The Survey maps it on the Satsuma quadrangle. It stands 69 feet above sea level.

Satsuma within Putnam County

Then and now

1912 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Satsuma, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Satsuma, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

227 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Satsuma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,393 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 28 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined50
Natural47
Equipment and vehicle use35
Debris and open burning32
Arson/incendiarism28
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks2
Smoking1

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
23 September 1995Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWASTE WATER (54)
8 August 1999Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2006Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/HUNGRY FIRE
29 August 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2006Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM-HOOT OWL FIRE
21 August 1994Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Putnam County

Storms near this place

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Satsuma in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
June 1994Thunderstorm WindSatsuma$50,000A portion of a barn roof was blown 150 yards where it landed on a brand new car. A mobile home was also damaged.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindSatsuma$25,000One mobile home damaged. Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindSatsuma$200A tree was blown down across Ivanhoe Drive. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindSatsuma$100A single tree was blown down. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindSatsuma-A home suffered minor wind damage. Multiple trees were blown down on nearby roads in Satsuma. The time of damage was based on radar data and information from the county EM.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSatsuma-Trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSatsuma-A tree was blown down onto Oklahoma Avenue. The time of damage was based on radar imagery.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSatsuma-Trees were blown down near in the intersection of County Road 309 and U.S. Highway 17 in Satsuma.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindSatsuma-Trees were blown down in Satsuma. The time was based on radar.
June 2008HailSatsuma-Penny size hail was reported near Satsuma.
July 1995HailSatsuma-Dime-size hail.
March 1996Thunderstorm WindSatsuma-no account filed

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
Buffalo Bluff1.9 miles17
Saratoga2.2 miles17
Possum Bluff2.3 miles17
Grand View Grove2.6 miles17
Nashua2.6 miles17
Sisco2.8 miles17
Seminole Grove3.0 miles17
Sutherlands Still3.1 miles16

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 SatsumaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7426490The 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 290695. 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.