Sweetwater, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32321. It stands on Upper Sweetwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rock Bluff quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rock Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Rock Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Sweetwater between 1992 and 2020, burning about 380 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | TURKEY CREEK (39)-0594 |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Florida Forest Service | BLUEBERRY (39)-0587 |
| 17 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 07/OVERHOLT-0534 |
| 20 August 1993 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | TORREYA STATE PARK ROAD (39) |
| 2 July 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 June 2010 | Natural | 9.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (39) TURKEY CREEK RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Sweetwater: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Clay Deposit | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Blountstown Sand Co. - Dees Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| Roberts Sand Company, Inc. - Cumbaa Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Roberts Sand Company, Inc. - Dees Mine | Sand | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sweetwater in 5 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2008 | Lightning | Sweetwater | $75,000 | Lightning struck a large oak tree adjacent to a single-story wood frame home. The fire spread from the tree into the home. The home was destroyed. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweetwater | $3,000 | Several power lines were blown down northeast of Bristol on SR-12. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweetwater | - | A tree blew down across NW Martin L King Road. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sweetwater | - | A tree was blown down on Highway 12 north of Bristol. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Sweetwater | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Bluff | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Bristol | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| White Springs | 6.8 miles | 13 | |
| Woods | 11.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lowry | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hosford | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Telogia | 13.5 miles | 13 | |
| Conners Ford | 13.8 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295662. 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.






