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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.

Sweetwater within Liberty County

Then and now

1954 to 1988

The 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 sheet of Sweetwater, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Sweetwater, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

41 since 1992

Regional 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 burning10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural5
Smoking4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Arson/incendiarism4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
29 September 2019Debris and open burning20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTURKEY CREEK (39)-0594
27 September 2019Debris and open burning23 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLUEBERRY (39)-0587
17 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service07/OVERHOLT-0534
20 August 1993Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2020Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceTORREYA STATE PARK ROAD (39)
2 July 1996Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 June 2010Natural9.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(39) TURKEY CREEK RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Liberty County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed Clay DepositKaolinPast Producer
Blountstown Sand Co. - Dees MineSandProducer
Roberts Sand Company, Inc. - Cumbaa MineSandUnknown
Roberts Sand Company, Inc. - Dees MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Liberty County

Storms near this place

5 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2008LightningSweetwater$75,000Lightning 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 2014Thunderstorm WindSweetwater$3,000Several power lines were blown down northeast of Bristol on SR-12.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindSweetwater-A tree blew down across NW Martin L King Road.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindSweetwater-A tree was blown down on Highway 12 north of Bristol.
May 2012HailSweetwater-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Liberty 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
Rock Bluff4.0 miles12
Bristol5.2 miles13
White Springs6.8 miles13
Woods11.1 miles14
Lowry11.9 miles13
Hosford12.5 miles13
Telogia13.5 miles13
Conners Ford13.8 miles13

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.