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Steele City, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Cottondale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32431. It stands on Reedy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alford quadrangle.

Steele City within Jackson County

Then and now

1952 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Steele City, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Steele City, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 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

201 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Steele City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 657 acres in total. 7 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 burning68
Railroad operations and maintenance42
Equipment and vehicle use27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Smoking13
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism5
Other causes3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePHILLIP RD (32)
28 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceROOKS ROAD (67)
27 September 2007Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service67/ARCHIE SAPP RD-0969
20 September 1997Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 2014Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSAPP ROAD (32)
17 August 1996Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jackson County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Steele City: 3 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Jackson Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - Green MineSandUnknown
Thomas Limestone ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Fla.Ind.School For Boys Clay PitClayPast Producer
Round Lake City PitClayPast Producer
Unnamed Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Jackson County

Storms near this place

10 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steele City in 10 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 5 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 funnel cloud. 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
April 2020Tornado (EF2)Steele City$250,000Initial damage was noted near the intersection of Owen Place and Piney Grove Roads. From the touchdown point, damage, consisting of hundreds of snapped and uprooted trees, was continuous right to the Jackson County border along Corbin Rd. The tornado|intensified as it moved across Jackson County. In addition to downing many hundreds of trees there was significant structural damage at two locations. The first was at a farm off Farren Ranch Road where a two story outbuilding/home was completely|destroyed with debris thrown several hundred yards. The second was along Bethlehem Rd. south of Kynesville Rd. where several mobile homes suffered significant damage. One of the mobile homes was completely destroyed with it's frame wrapped into a tree. |Fortunately the mobile home was vacant at the time.
April 2015Flash FloodSteele City$5,000Portions of Crooms Road between Rowell Road and Palatka Road were washed out. Damage was estimated.
April 2015Flash FloodSteele City$5,000Portions of Holly Timber Road near the bridge were washed out. Damage was estimated.
April 2015Flash FloodSteele City$5,000A cross pipe was washed out on Perry Road. Damage was estimated.
April 2015Flash FloodSteele City$2,000Corbin Road north of Alford was closed and impassible. This report was forwarded by a WMBB meteorologist.
May 2024Flash FloodSteele City-Water was over Obert Road from Adamsville Road to Taylor Road.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindSteele City-A tree was blown down on Garden View Road close to Mill Road.
October 2019Funnel CloudSteele City-There were several social media reports of funnel clouds in the area.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindSteele City-Trees were snapped near Corbin Road and Highway 231. This was a public report posted on the WJHG-TV facebook page.
December 2016FloodSteele City-Justice Road was flooded and closed due a long duration of moderate to heavy rainfall.

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
Kynesville1.8 miles12
Alford2.1 miles15
Kent Mill4.3 miles15
Round Lake5.0 miles15
Cottondale5.1 miles14
Compass Lake9.1 miles15
Marianna9.2 miles14
Richter Crossroads9.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295648. 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.