BlockSopchoppy, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32358. The Survey maps it on the Sopchoppy quadrangle. 426 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 30 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1940 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1940 against another survey:
On record in Sopchoppy
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 4 records
Mount Beasor Primitive Baptist Churchlisted 2012
Sopchoppy Depotlisted 2017
Sopchoppy High School Gymnasium, Oldlisted 1990
Sopchoppy Schoollisted 2001
Population over time
2 figuresSopchoppy fell from 457 to 426 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 | 457 | |
| 2020 | 426 | -31 (-7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1940 USGS Arran quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Arran quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Sopchoppy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
126 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Sopchoppy between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,554 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 19 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 | 31 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | WOOD LAKE |
| 23 August 2005 | Natural | 10 acres | National Forests in Florida | KELLY |
| 20 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | ALLIGATOR |
| 8 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | MINNOW |
| 8 July 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (65) SEMINOLE |
| 8 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | NATOUT5 |
| 8 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | NATOUT3 |
| 8 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | NATOUT4 |
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 Sopchoppy: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Millender Trucking & Land Clearing - Millender Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand |
Storms near this place
31 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sopchoppy in 31 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | $25,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the county, especially around Crawfordville. Around 90% of the Crawfordville substation lost power. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | $15,000 | Several trees and power lines down. Slight roof damage to a few residences. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | $10,000 | Straight line winds downed numerous trees and power lines across the southern and eastern portions of the county. Forty homes were without power. |
| July 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | $5,000 | Downed trees and power lines reported by Florida Power and Electric officials. |
| September 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Sopchoppy | $5,000 | A brief F0 tornado touched down and uprooted some trees and power lines. Reported by the Wakulla County EMA. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down on Surf Road and Booth Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | $2,000 | An object blew into power lines, resulting in a power outage to 250 customers in the Sopchoppy area. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | $2,000 | Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage in the Sopchoppy area. |
| June 2024 | Lightning | Sopchoppy | $2,000 | Lightning resulted in a power outage near Sopchoppy. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | $2,000 | Fallen trees and limbs resulted in a power outage. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | $2,000 | Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage north of Sopchoppy. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | $2,000 | Fallen trees and limbs resulted in a power outage to over 400 customers in the Sopchoppy area via the Duke Energy Outage map. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | $2,000 | Fallen trees and limbs resulted in a power outage on the northwest side of Sopchoppy. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | $2,000 | Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage along Stephen C Revell Road northwest of Sopchoppy. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | - | A tree was blown down on Oak Park Road halfway to Sopchoppy. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | - | A power line was blown down along Seminole Lane. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | - | Two trees were blown down along Railroad Ave. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | - | Trees were blown down on power lines north of Sopchoppy on Mt Beasor Road near the painted bridge over the Sopchoppy River. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | - | A tree was blown down in Sopchoppy. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | - | Trees were blown down on Persimmon Road. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | - | Multiple trees were blown down in Sopchoppy. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | - | Trees were blown down on the 7700 block of Smith Creek Road. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | - | Trees were blown down on Greenough Road. |
| January 2010 | Flash Flood | Sopchoppy | - | Heavy rain produced flash flooding over many areas across northwest FL and the adjacent panhandle. Wakulla county reported 6-7 inches of rain during the mid to late morning, with 3-6 inches across most of the region beginning late Wednesday night (Jan. 20th). There were widespread reports of flooded roadways, with water in some homes in Wakulla county. FSU campus in Tallahassee reported 50-60 cars flooded. Two hikers were stranded and clinging to trees along the Florida Trail near Freeport in Walton county. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | - | A few trees were down on Yellow Jacket Avenue. |
| September 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sopchoppy | - | Several trees were blown down near Sopchoppy. |
| July 2007 | Hail | Sopchoppy | - | Nickel size hail was reported. |
| February 2006 | Hail | Sopchoppy | - | Quarter size hail reported by the public. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Sopchoppy | - | no account filed |
| June 2021 | Hail | Sopchoppy | - | no account filed |
| January 2010 | Hail | Sopchoppy | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashmore | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Buckhorn | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Park | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Curtis Mill | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Panacea Park | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Panacea | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Medart | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sanborn | 6.2 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 Sopchoppy | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1990391 | 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 306416. 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.