Baker County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Baker County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Mar 1, 1998Flood, Baker$2.2 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Total flooding related to El Nino, More than 2800 homes and more than 175 businesses destroyed.

2. Oct 7, 1996Flash Flood$600,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Eight to ten inches of rainfall from a strong Nor'easter and Tropical Storm Josephine caused flooding across the entire county. Dozens of roads were covered by water and bridges were washed out between Turkey Creek One and Three; both bridges at the ends of Crews Road; the paved road was undermined on 23A North near the golf course, and the road was out on both ends of Southern States Nursery Road. A handful of people chose to remain in residents cut off by high water; many used boats to reach vehicles at locations like the Boy Scout Camp along the St. Mary's River and the Westside Loop.

3. Jun 25, 2012Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Record flooding occurred in Baker county with a historic crest on the St. Marys River due to persistent heavy rainfall over NE Florida and SE Georgia in the river's upstream charge basin. Radar estimated that 15 to 25 inches fell in the charge basin over several days. On 6/25 at 9:32 pm, a spotter reported 3.46 inches of rainfall in the past 5 hours at a location 3 miles ESE of Sanderson. Ditches were at capacity in the area at the time of the report. At 10:25 pm that evening, the media reported 4.08 inches of rainfall since 5 pm that afternoon in Glen St. Mary. Water was crossing roads west of Glen St. Mary. At 10:30 pm, the media reported Interstate 10 eastbound at mile marker…

4. Feb 17, 1998Thunderstorm Wind$25,000
5. Nov 17, 2014Tornado$15,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A convergent track of tree damage occurred from Boyce Road to Steed Road in Glen St. Mary. Several trees were snapped and uprooted, and one shed was destroyed and damage was done to a carport. Power lines were damaged. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for Storm Data.

6. Nov 12, 2002Thunderstorm Wind$10,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several large trees blown down across roadways and power lines.

7. Jun 29, 1998Thunderstorm Wind$10,000
8. May 24, 1997Thunderstorm Wind$8,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A portion of a farm supply business was destroyed.

9. Jun 27, 2020Thunderstorm Wind$5,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A large tree fell on a home near Bay Street and Highway 229. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.

10. Jul 11, 2000Thunderstorm Wind$5,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Large trees and power lines were blown down.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

105°FJul 21, 1942

All-time low

7°FJan 21, 1985

Warmest night

83°FJul 14, 1980

Coldest day

30°F2 times, most recently Jan 21, 1985

Wettest day

10.13 inSep 25, 1949

Snowiest day

1.5 inFeb 13, 1958

Hottest year

1949mean 71.4°F

Coldest year

1976mean 66.2°F

Wettest year

199179.63 in

Driest year

199031.20 in

Snowiest season

1.5 in1957-58

Station Jacksonville (USW00013889), 160 ft elevation, 31.9 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1938 to October 26, 2026; 100.0% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USW00013889.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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