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.
Then and now
1954 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Gretna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Gretna quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Gretna quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 43 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CHAD (20)-0527 |
| 4 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (20) KUDZU FIRE |
| 19 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | EDDIE BLAKE MULCH (20) |
| 28 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | OAK TREE (20)-0415 |
| 8 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HALL LANE (20) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen's Excabation, Inc. - Weldon's Gadsden Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Capital Asphalt - Capital's Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Jimmie Crowder Excava. & Land Cl - Sadberry Road Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Roberts Sand Co. - Sadberry Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Roberts Sand Company - Quincy | Sand | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Sawdust | $75,000 | The 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 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sawdust | $2,000 | Multiple trees were blown down near Cypress Circle to the southeast of Greensboro. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sawdust | - | A tree was blown down onto Salley Brown Road. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sawdust | - | A tree was blown down at 7207 Hosford Highway. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sawdust | - | Trees were blown down near Hosford Highway and Old Federal Road. |
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Sawdust | - | A portion of Cane Creek Road was washed out due to flooding. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sawdust | - | I-10 eastbound was closed at mile marker 203 due to a tree in the road. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas City | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Greensboro | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Juniper | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Gretna | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Wetumpka | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Quincy | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Hardaway | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Santa Clara | 6.6 miles | 13 |
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.







