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.
Then and now
1945 to 1990The 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.


Compare 1945 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1945 USGS Estiffanulga quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS Estiffanulga quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Estiffanulga quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
72 since 1993Regional 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 burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | S A BRYANT RD (07) |
| 10 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | WRENNIE MOODY (07) |
| 28 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 07/BAILEY ROAD2007-02-0931 |
| 28 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RATTLESNAKE (07) |
| 20 July 2000 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MOODY ROAD (7) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Construction Company, Inc. - Glenn Warren Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2020Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2020 | Flash Flood | Sharpstown | - | Water was reported over Highway 71 near Carlos Peavy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hope | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Abe Springs | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Ocheeseulga (historical) | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Gaskins | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Marysville | 5.0 miles | 15 | |
| Scotts Ferry | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Durham (historical) | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| McNeal (historical) | 5.6 miles | 15 |
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.







