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One of 8 National Register listings published here for Franklin County · listed in 2024 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Downtown Carrabelle Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2024. 11 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1943.
The listing
- Address. Roughly bet. Carrabelle R., Ave C SE, SE 3rd St., and E Meridian St., Carrabelle, 32322
- When was it listed? July 2024
- Category. district
- Census division. Carrabelle
- National Register reference number. 100009459 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1943 to 1988The ground this property stands on, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Downtown Carrabelle Historic District between 1992 and 2020, burning about 843 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (19) RIVER ROAD FIRE |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (19) SANBORN ROAD FIRE |
| 28 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | (19) WARREN BLUFF COMMAND |
| 20 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (19) SAND SPUR FIRE |
| 20 September 1996 | Smoking | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LAGOON (19-5) |
Storms near this property
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carrabelle, the town this property stands in, in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 hail, 1 wildfire. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2001 | Lightning | Carrabelle | 1 hurt, $5,000 | Lightning struck the Franklin County Jail and disabled the 911 dispatch telephone system for several hours. The Franklin County EOC was activated and utilized as a back-up 911 dispatch center until the communication system was repaired. One employee, a 911 dispatcher, suffered minor injuries. Reported by the Franklin County EMA. |
| January 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Carrabelle | $75,000 | A tornado moved across portions of Dog Island early Sunday morning with damage to one residence reported. The roof was partially torn off with significant damage to the porch. This damage was consistent with an EF1 tornado with winds estimated around 95 mph. In addition, damage to trees and power lines occurred with Duke Energy reporting 97 customers without power on the island. A tornadic debris signature (TDS) was evident on TLH radar. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrabelle | $30,000 | A tree was blown down onto a house near Carrabelle. Damage was estimated. |
| September 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Carrabelle | $10,000 | A tornado uprooted numerous trees along its path between Carrabelle and Morgan Place. Reported by the Franklin County EMA. |
| August 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Carrabelle | $5,000 | A waterspout came ashore and overturned a vehicle on Lighthouse Road in Carrabelle. Reported by the Franklin County EMA. |
| August 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrabelle | $5,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew a porch and roof off a mobile home. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrabelle | $3,000 | A few fences and a shed were blown over. A few trees were down. Reported by the Franklin County EMA. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrabelle | $2,000 | Fallen trees and limbs resulted in a power outage. |
| January 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrabelle | $1,000 | Damage occurred to one of the river navigation lights at the mouth of the Carrabelle River. The damage cost was estimated. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Carrabelle | - | Water was fully covering the westbound lane of Highway 98 near Island View Park. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carrabelle | - | A tree was blown down in Carrabelle. |
| October 2011 | Heavy Rain | Carrabelle | - | A 2 day rainfall total of 5.64 was reported by CoCoRaHS site FL-FR-1. A total of 5.13 fell within the first day. No significant flooding was reported. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Carrabelle | - | The Franklin County Sheriff reported nickel to quarter size hail. |
| June 2000 | Waterspout | Carrabelle | - | A waterspout was sighted over the Carrabelle River. Two waterspouts also sighted near St George Island and Dog Island. No damage indicated. Reported by the Franklin County EMA and Sheriff. |
| July 1998 | Wildfire | Carrabelle | - | A 100+ acre wildfire erupted on the Franklin-Liberty County line, 12 miles north of Carrabelle off SR 67. Two homes were protected. The DOF, Carrabelle FD and Florida National Guard supported the firefighting efforts. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Carrabelle | - | Dime to golfball sized hail in Carrabelle, Dog Island, and Lenark Village. |
| September 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Carrabelle | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
11 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1943 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:31680 - 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:100000 - 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Listed places nearby
1 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Crooked River Lighthouse | 2.7 miles | 1978 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100009459 in Record Group 79. |
| Franklin County | All 8 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- 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.