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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.

Sneads within Jackson County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Sneads, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sneads, surveyed 1954

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

Population over time

2 figures

Sneads 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,849
20201,699-150 (-8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

130 since 1992

Regional 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 burning46
Arson/incendiarism20
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Smoking9
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1997Recreation and ceremony28 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burning73 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLUEBERRY DRIVE (32)
20 September 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceKAVA DR (32)
17 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service32/HOME FRONT RD-0866
12 July 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceJOHNSON LANE (32)
8 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresFlorida Forest Service32/MATHIS DR-0453

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Glf Construction Corp. - Glf Borrow Pit MineSandUnknown
Jackson Co. Bd of Co. Comm. - State MineSand, ClayUnknownClay, Sand
Radcliff Mat. Inc.(Chattahoochee Plant)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Chattahoochee PitClayProducer
Dravo Basic Materials - Chattahoochee DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand and Gravel
Norman DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
State Clay PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed Ls. ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Unnamed Ls. ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

20 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2009Thunderstorm WindSneads$75,000A 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 2005Thunderstorm WindSneads$15,000The Jackson County EMA reported downed trees and a barn destroyed on Ham Pond Lane.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSneads$10,000A tree was blown down onto a car in Sneads.
March 1996Thunderstorm WindSneads$10,000no account filed
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSneads$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Jackson county.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSneads$5,000Several power lines were blown down near Sneads.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindSneads$5,000Multiple power poles were blown down in Sneads.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSneads$5,000According 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 1998Tornado (F0)Sneads$5,000Apparent gustnado caused minor damage to a local restaurant.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindSneads$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2015Flash FloodSneads$2,000Portions of Weddington Road were washed out with water flowing over the road. Monetary damage to the road was estimated.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindSneads-Numerous trees were blown down across the area.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSneads-A few power lines were blown down in Jackson county.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSneads-A few trees were blown down in Jackson county.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindSneads-A boat capsized due to strong winds in Lake Seminole. There were no injuries reported.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindSneads-A couple of trees were blown down near Sneads.
March 2012Heavy RainSneads-A storm total of 4.96 inches was measured at Lake Seminole near Chattahoochee.
May 2006HailSneads-An off-duty NWS meteorologist reported nickel size hail near the Sneads exit on Interstate 10.
May 1999HailSneads-Dime size hail reported by Jackson County EMA.
May 1998HailSneads-Dime sized hail in Sneads.

Every storm recorded in Jackson 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
Tamathli (historical)0.7 miles13
Inwood2.7 miles13
Yamassee (historical)3.1 miles13
Sinai3.3 miles13
Ocheesee Gardens4.2 miles13
Grand Ridge5.1 miles13
Osochi (historical)5.3 miles13
Shady Grove5.4 miles13

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 SneadsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2092599The 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.