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Shamrock, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Cross City North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32628. The Survey maps it on the Cross City West quadrangle.

Shamrock within Dixie County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shamrock, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Shamrock, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

177 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Shamrock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 340 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 34 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
Natural39
Equipment and vehicle use34
Arson/incendiarism34
Debris and open burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15 - LABOR DAY FIRE - 0209
27 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSOUTHERN COMFORT (15)
20 September 2011Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceB-LINE (15)
18 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15 - THE HAY BALE FIRE - 0215
3 August 2016Natural15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBARBER CEMETARY (15)
27 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15 - HAY BALE FIRE #0448

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dixie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Shamrock: 14 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dixie County

Storms near this place

6 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shamrock in 6 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
July 2018Thunderstorm WindShamrock$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
October 2025Thunderstorm WindShamrock$1,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage on the north side of Cross City, affecting 112 Duke Energy customers.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindShamrock$1,000Strong winds resulted in a power outage.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindShamrock-Trees were blown down along NE 118 Street.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindShamrock-A tree was blown down onto SW 351st Street outside Cross City.
May 2014Flash FloodShamrock-Six inches of water was flowing over 1 lane of Highway 19 in Cross City.

Every storm recorded in Dixie 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
Cross City1.2 miles10
Eugene3.7 miles10
Hines8.2 miles10
Old Town9.1 miles10
Jonesboro9.3 miles10
Dixietown9.6 miles11
Suwanee Old Town (historical)9.6 miles10
Horseshoe10.3 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290922. 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.