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Sycamore, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It lies in ZIP code area 32351. It stands on Wilson Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sycamore quadrangle.

Sycamore within Gadsden 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 Sycamore, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Sycamore, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

107 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Sycamore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 534 acres in total. 6 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 burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural6
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHARDAWAY (20)
24 August 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceI-10 (20)
9 July 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2014Fireworks16 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWILL WHITE RD (20)
29 July 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWILL WHITE RD (20) 0493
5 June 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceI-10 EAST BOUND (20)
4 June 2011Natural37 acresFlorida Forest ServiceASPALAGA ROAD (20)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gadsden County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sycamore: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Gadsden County

Storms near this place

8 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sycamore in 8 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 6 thunderstorm wind, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2014Tornado (EF1)Sycamore$50,000This is a continuation of the tornado from Calhoun and Liberty counties. The last portion of the damage path was in southwest Gadsden County where the tornado briefly intensified and the damage path narrowed. Another corridor of more significant tree damage was noted near Sycamore Road and Winding Creek Road. Numerous trees were snapped or uprooted, and several power poles were snapped. A few homes in this area had some minor damage to the exterior of the structure. Damage in this area was rated EF1. The damage path quickly narrowed thereafter, and the damage became more sporadic, with the last damaged noted along Flat Creek Road just east of Audie Clark Road.||With a total damage path length of 22.3 miles, this was the longest tornado path in the NWS Tallahassee County Warning Area (CWA) since March 1, 2007 (two tornadoes with about a 30mi path length in SE Alabama and SW Georgia during that event).||This is also the longest tornado path in the state of Florida since a February 1, 2007 tornado in Lake and Volusia Counties in central Florida (26 miles).
July 2012Thunderstorm WindSycamore$1,000A tree was blown down across the roadway. Monetary damage was estimated.
March 2022Flash FloodSycamore-Water was over the road at Paul Smith Road and Flat Creek Road with a road closure.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSycamore-Trees were blown down onto I-10 blocking both eastbound lanes near Mile Marker 164.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindSycamore-A large tree was blown down on Flat Creek Road near the intersection of Audie Clark Road.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindSycamore-A few trees were blown down just east of Greensboro on Flat Creek Road.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindSycamore-Trees were blown down and blocking Sycamore Road.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindSycamore-A large tree was blown down and blocked Middle Creek Road.

Every storm recorded in Gadsden 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
Greensboro4.6 miles14
Juniper4.9 miles14
Rosedale5.0 miles13
Hardaway5.9 miles13
Hardin Heights6.3 miles13
River Junction7.0 miles13
Chattahoochee8.4 miles13
Sawdust8.4 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294942. 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.