Sneads, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sneads census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32460. The Survey maps it on the Sneads quadrangle. 1,699 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 118 feet above sea level.
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:
On record in Sneads
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Sneads Community House and Old Pumplisted 2017
Population over time
2 figuresSneads fell from 1,849 to 1,699 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,849 | |
| 2020 | 1,699 | -150 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 Sneads quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Sneads quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Sneads quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
130 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 130 fires within 5 miles of Sneads between 1992 and 2020, burning about 558 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 20 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 | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 28 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 73 acres | Florida Forest Service | BLUEBERRY DRIVE (32) |
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | KAVA DR (32) |
| 17 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 32/HOME FRONT RD-0866 |
| 12 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | JOHNSON LANE (32) |
| 8 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 32/MATHIS DR-0453 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sneads: 4 producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glf Construction Corp. - Glf Borrow Pit Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Jackson Co. Bd of Co. Comm. - State Mine | Sand, Clay | Unknown | Clay, Sand | |
| Radcliff Mat. Inc.(Chattahoochee Plant) | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Chattahoochee Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Dravo Basic Materials - Chattahoochee Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Norman Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| State Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Ls. Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Ls. Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect |
Storms near this place
20 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sneads in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sneads | $75,000 | A downburst damaged the Sneads Elementary School and an adjacent home. A 30-foot strip of metal below the eaves of one of the school's buildings was sheared off. A nearby tree was uprooted. Limbs and tops of trees on the school campus and surrounding woods were snapped. A portion of the nearby home's roof was damaged. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sneads | $15,000 | The Jackson County EMA reported downed trees and a barn destroyed on Ham Pond Lane. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sneads | $10,000 | A tree was blown down onto a car in Sneads. |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sneads | $10,000 | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sneads | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Jackson county. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sneads | $5,000 | Several power lines were blown down near Sneads. |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sneads | $5,000 | Multiple power poles were blown down in Sneads. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sneads | $5,000 | According to the West Florida Electric Cooperative facebook page, a tree fell on a three phase power line and knocked out power in the Sneads area to approximately 400 customers. |
| June 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Sneads | $5,000 | Apparent gustnado caused minor damage to a local restaurant. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sneads | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| April 2015 | Flash Flood | Sneads | $2,000 | Portions of Weddington Road were washed out with water flowing over the road. Monetary damage to the road was estimated. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sneads | - | Numerous trees were blown down across the area. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sneads | - | A few power lines were blown down in Jackson county. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sneads | - | A few trees were blown down in Jackson county. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sneads | - | A boat capsized due to strong winds in Lake Seminole. There were no injuries reported. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sneads | - | A couple of trees were blown down near Sneads. |
| March 2012 | Heavy Rain | Sneads | - | A storm total of 4.96 inches was measured at Lake Seminole near Chattahoochee. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Sneads | - | An off-duty NWS meteorologist reported nickel size hail near the Sneads exit on Interstate 10. |
| May 1999 | Hail | Sneads | - | Dime size hail reported by Jackson County EMA. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Sneads | - | Dime sized hail in Sneads. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tamathli (historical) | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Inwood | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Yamassee (historical) | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Sinai | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Ocheesee Gardens | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Grand Ridge | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Osochi (historical) | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Shady Grove | 5.4 miles | 13 |
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 Sneads | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2092599 | The 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 291299. 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.







