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Sawdust, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Quincy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32351. The Survey maps it on the Gretna quadrangle.

Sawdust within Gadsden County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sawdust, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sawdust, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Sawdust between 1992 and 2020, burning about 682 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 burning43
Railroad operations and maintenance29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCHAD (20)-0527
4 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(20) KUDZU FIRE
19 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceEDDIE BLAKE MULCH (20)
28 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 August 2020Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOAK TREE (20)-0415
8 July 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHALL LANE (20)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gadsden County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sawdust: 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand. 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 Gadsden County

Storms near this place

7 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sawdust in 7 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Sawdust$75,000The tornado touched down in Gadsden county, initially damaging an old barn or farm building. The tornado track southeastward, snapping and uprooting trees through the remainder of Gadsden County before crossing the Ochlockonee River and entering western Leon County just southwest of U.S. 90. The Gadsden portion of this tornado is rated EF1.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindSawdust$2,000Multiple trees were blown down near Cypress Circle to the southeast of Greensboro.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindSawdust-A tree was blown down onto Salley Brown Road.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindSawdust-A tree was blown down at 7207 Hosford Highway.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindSawdust-Trees were blown down near Hosford Highway and Old Federal Road.
September 2020Flash FloodSawdust-A portion of Cane Creek Road was washed out due to flooding.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindSawdust-I-10 eastbound was closed at mile marker 203 due to a tree in the road.

Every storm recorded in Gadsden 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
Douglas City3.7 miles14
Greensboro3.8 miles14
Juniper4.1 miles14
Gretna4.8 miles14
Wetumpka5.3 miles12
Quincy5.6 miles13
Hardaway6.5 miles13
Santa Clara6.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294918. 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.