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Sharpstown, Florida

15 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. The Survey maps it on the Estiffanulga quadrangle.

Sharpstown 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 Sharpstown, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Sharpstown, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

72 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Sharpstown between 1993 and 2020, burning about 841 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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 burning25
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural4
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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)
10 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWRENNIE MOODY (07)
28 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service07/BAILEY ROAD2007-02-0931
28 August 1998Debris and open burning7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1993Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2011Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRATTLESNAKE (07)
20 July 2000Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 June 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMOODY ROAD (7)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sharpstown: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
White Construction Company, Inc. - Glenn Warren MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

1 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sharpstown in 1 storm report in 2020: 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
September 2020Flash FloodSharpstown-Water was reported over Highway 71 near Carlos Peavy Road.

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
New Hope1.9 miles15
Abe Springs2.5 miles14
Ocheeseulga (historical)2.9 miles15
Gaskins4.4 miles14
Marysville5.0 miles15
Scotts Ferry5.2 miles14
Durham (historical)5.4 miles15
McNeal (historical)5.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306374. 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.