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Scotts Ferry, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Blountstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32424. It sits by Coconut Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Frink quadrangle.

Scotts Ferry within Calhoun County

Then and now

1945 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Scotts Ferry, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Scotts Ferry, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 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

49 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Scotts Ferry between 1993 and 2020, burning about 458 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning11
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceS A BRYANT RD (07)
21 September 2011Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRIVER RD (7)
29 August 1998Debris and open burning18 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2011Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRATTLESNAKE (07)
29 July 1998Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2002Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSE IOLA RD (07)
10 July 1995Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

10 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Scotts Ferry in 10 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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
December 2019Thunderstorm WindScotts Ferry$2,000Five trees and two power lines were blown down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindScotts Ferry-A tree was blown down on Anderson Road.
September 2024Flash FloodScotts Ferry-Marysville School Road was underwater on the north end due to flash flooding.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindScotts Ferry-A tree was blown down on Highway 71 south near Williams Memorial.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindScotts Ferry-Several trees were blown down.
April 2023Tornado (EF0)Scotts Ferry-A trained spotter reported that he saw a tornado briefly touch down along Highway 71 with downed trees. This tornado was rated EF0 due to the tree damage. No structures were impacted in this rural area.
August 2021Flash FloodScotts Ferry-Captain Lynn Road was underwater.
January 2019Thunderstorm WindScotts Ferry-A tree was blown down across Scotts Ferry Road.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindScotts Ferry-Two trees were blown down just north of the Scotts Ferry fire department.
October 2014Tornado (EF0)Scotts Ferry-The KTLH and KEVX dual-pol radars detected a tornadic debris signature at this location. In addition, a member of the media conducted a survey of the area using an aerial drone. Although no damage to structures occurred, the tornado missed some residential and mobile homes by less than a mile in some cases. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted (over 30 estimated) along the path. The tornado was rated EF0 with winds estimated at 65 to 75 mph.

Every storm recorded in Calhoun 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
Gaskins0.8 miles14
Marysville1.8 miles15
Iolee (historical)2.0 miles14
Abe Springs4.9 miles14
Sharpstown5.2 miles15
New Hope5.6 miles15
Frink6.7 miles14
Kinard7.1 miles14

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 Scotts FerryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7438152The 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 301114. 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.