The unnamed hurricane of 1852
Oct 6, 1852 to Oct 11, 1852Peak 104 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1852 passed within 50 miles of 126 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Franklin County, FL, as a Category 2 on October 9, 1852.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1852
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 2
- 104 mph, 90 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 126
- FL, GA, NC, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 225
- AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, VA
- Landfalls recorded
- 1
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Columbus County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Horry County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Clarendon County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Onslow County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Craven County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Pender County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Coffee County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Screven County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bladen County | NC | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Florence County | SC | 1.1 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 1.9 | Category 2 |
| Pamlico County | NC | 2.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 2.1 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 2.5 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 2.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 2.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sampson County | NC | 3.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tattnall County | GA | 3.8 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 4.0 | Category 1 |
| Irwin County | GA | 4.0 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 4.3 | Category 1 |
| Hyde County | NC | 4.8 | Tropical storm |
| Dare County | NC | 5.4 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 5.5 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 5.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | GA | 5.9 | Category 1 |
| Jones County | NC | 5.9 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 6.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dillon County | SC | 6.5 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 6.5 | Tropical storm |
| Emanuel County | GA | 7.1 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 7.4 | Category 1 |
| Madison County | FL | 7.7 | Category 1 |
| Beaufort County | NC | 8.9 | Tropical storm |
| Duplin County | NC | 9.0 | Tropical storm |
| Robeson County | NC | 9.2 | Tropical storm |
| Evans County | GA | 9.3 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 9.8 | Category 2 |
| Effingham County | GA | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | SC | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Barnwell County | SC | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 10.7 | Tropical storm |
| Brunswick County | NC | 10.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lanier County | GA | 10.9 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | FL | 11.5 | Category 2 |
| Tift County | GA | 12.2 | Category 1 |
| Sumter County | SC | 12.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 13.4 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 14.8 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 16.3 | Category 1 |
| Clinch County | GA | 17.1 | Category 1 |
| New Hanover County | NC | 17.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 18.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | SC | 19.2 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 19.3 | Tropical storm |
| Lenoir County | NC | 19.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 19.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 21.6 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 21.9 | Category 1 |
| Tyrrell County | NC | 21.9 | Tropical storm |
| Marlboro County | SC | 22.0 | Tropical storm |
| Darlington County | SC | 22.1 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 22.4 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 23.3 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 23.4 | Category 2 |
| Dodge County | GA | 23.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 24.6 | Category 1 |
| Richland County | SC | 25.0 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 25.2 | Category 1 |
| Beaufort County | SC | 25.8 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 25.8 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | GA | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 26.6 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | GA | 27.2 | Tropical storm |
| Cumberland County | NC | 28.3 | Tropical storm |
| Pitt County | NC | 28.4 | Tropical storm |
| Gulf County | FL | 29.2 | Category 2 |
| Mitchell County | GA | 29.6 | Category 1 |
| Johnson County | GA | 30.0 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 31.5 | Category 1 |
| Charleston County | SC | 31.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | NC | 33.3 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | NC | 34.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pierce County | GA | 34.7 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 35.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lexington County | SC | 35.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 35.8 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | GA | 36.9 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 37.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 37.5 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | NC | 38.5 | Tropical storm |
| Scotland County | NC | 38.6 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 39.1 | Category 1 |
| Crisp County | GA | 40.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chesterfield County | SC | 40.4 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | GA | 41.1 | Tropical storm |
| Currituck County | NC | 43.1 | Tropical storm |
| Martin County | NC | 43.2 | Tropical storm |
| Kershaw County | SC | 43.2 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 43.2 | Category 1 |
| Washington County | GA | 44.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hoke County | NC | 45.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 45.7 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 46.7 | Category 2 |
| Dooly County | GA | 47.9 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 48.1 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 49.0 | Category 1 |
| Bertie County | NC | 49.9 | Tropical storm |
| Johnston County | NC | 50.6 | Tropical storm |
| Charlton County | GA | 50.7 | Category 1 |
| Camden County | NC | 51.5 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 51.9 | Category 2 |
| Lee County | GA | 52.4 | Category 1 |
| Jackson County | FL | 53.9 | Category 2 |
| Richmond County | NC | 54.1 | Tropical storm |
| Chowan County | NC | 54.3 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 54.4 | Category 1 |
| Perquimans County | NC | 54.5 | Tropical storm |
| Pasquotank County | NC | 54.7 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 54.9 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 55.0 | Category 1 |
| Seminole County | GA | 55.1 | Category 2 |
| McIntosh County | GA | 55.3 | Tropical storm |
| Harnett County | NC | 55.6 | Tropical storm |
| Dixie County | FL | 55.6 | Category 2 |
| Wilson County | NC | 56.3 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 57.9 | Tropical storm |
| Twiggs County | GA | 57.9 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 58.2 | Category 1 |
| Edgecombe County | NC | 59.8 | Tropical storm |
| Anson County | NC | 60.8 | Tropical storm |
| Fairfield County | SC | 61.1 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 61.8 | Tropical storm |
| Edgefield County | SC | 62.3 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 62.7 | Tropical storm |
| Moore County | NC | 63.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 63.3 | Category 1 |
| Columbia County | GA | 63.6 | Tropical storm |
| McDuffie County | GA | 63.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lancaster County | SC | 63.7 | Tropical storm |
| Warren County | GA | 64.4 | Tropical storm |
| Terrell County | GA | 64.7 | Category 1 |
| Saluda County | SC | 64.7 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 65.7 | Category 1 |
| Early County | GA | 66.3 | Category 1 |
| McCormick County | SC | 69.4 | Tropical storm |
| Newberry County | SC | 69.9 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 70.1 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | GA | 71.0 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 71.3 | Tropical storm |
| Halifax County | NC | 73.0 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | NC | 73.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | NC | 73.4 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 73.5 | Tropical storm |
| Nash County | NC | 73.5 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 74.0 | Category 2 |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 74.1 | Category 1 |
| Hancock County | GA | 74.5 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 74.8 | Category 2 |
| Hertford County | NC | 74.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wake County | NC | 75.1 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | NC | 75.2 | Tropical storm |
| Virginia Beach city | VA | 75.4 | Tropical storm |
| Bibb County | GA | 75.8 | Tropical storm |
| Gates County | NC | 76.1 | Tropical storm |
| Randolph County | GA | 76.4 | Category 1 |
| Chester County | SC | 77.8 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | GA | 78.0 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 78.6 | Category 1 |
| Chesapeake city | VA | 80.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 80.6 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 81.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | NC | 81.5 | Tropical storm |
| Northampton County | NC | 82.2 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | NC | 82.9 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 83.5 | Category 2 |
| Union County | FL | 83.8 | Category 1 |
| Webster County | GA | 83.9 | Category 1 |
| Greenwood County | SC | 84.5 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 84.8 | Category 1 |
| Stanly County | NC | 85.5 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkes County | GA | 85.9 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 86.0 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 87.4 | Category 1 |
| Suffolk city | VA | 88.5 | Tropical storm |
| Taliaferro County | GA | 88.8 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 89.9 | Category 1 |
| Putnam County | GA | 91.2 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 91.3 | Category 1 |
| Holmes County | FL | 93.2 | Category 2 |
| Stewart County | GA | 93.5 | Category 1 |
| York County | SC | 93.8 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | SC | 94.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bradford County | FL | 94.9 | Category 1 |
| Walton County | FL | 95.1 | Category 2 |
| Randolph County | NC | 95.9 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | SC | 96.0 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | GA | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | GA | 96.3 | Tropical storm |
| Geneva County | AL | 97.0 | Category 2 |
| Southampton County | VA | 98.0 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 98.2 | Category 1 |
| Norfolk city | VA | 99.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cabarrus County | NC | 99.9 | Tropical storm |
| Durham County | NC | 100.0 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 100.0 | Category 1 |
Distances are measured from hourly positions interpolated between the National Hurricane Center’s six-hourly fixes to each county boundary. Strength is shown only where the storm was still tropical. Methodology.
National Hurricane Center HURDAT2. Storm totals cover the Atlantic and Northeast and Central Pacific basins.