The unnamed hurricane of 1860
Aug 8, 1860 to Aug 16, 1860Peak 127 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1860 passed within 50 miles of 127 counties in 6 states. It was strongest near Lafourche Parish, LA, as a Category 3 on August 11, 1860.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1860
How it happened
Follow the storm’s path, strength and milestones.
The storm
- Peak strength
- Category 3
- 127 mph, 110 kt
- Counties within 50 miles
- 127
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC
- Counties within 100 miles
- 229
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, SC
- 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.
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Tattnall County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Appling County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Mobile County | AL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Conecuh County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Long County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Harrison County | MS | 0.0 | Category 3 |
| Dale County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Early County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| George County | MS | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Jackson County | MS | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Coffee County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Henry County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Dougherty County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Ben Hill County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Coffee County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Turner County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Irwin County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | AL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Worth County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jeff Davis County | GA | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Bryan County | GA | 0.7 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 1.3 | Category 3 |
| Wayne County | GA | 2.0 | Tropical storm |
| Clay County | GA | 2.5 | Tropical storm |
| Telfair County | GA | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | GA | 3.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 3.8 | Category 3 |
| Terrell County | GA | 4.2 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | GA | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | SC | 5.2 | Tropical storm |
| Toombs County | GA | 6.0 | Tropical storm |
| Crenshaw County | AL | 6.2 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 7.1 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | AL | 7.1 | Tropical storm |
| Crisp County | GA | 7.2 | Tropical storm |
| Tift County | GA | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| Bacon County | GA | 7.7 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | AL | 7.8 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 7.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | GA | 8.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | MS | 8.4 | Category 3 |
| Randolph County | GA | 8.4 | Tropical storm |
| Wheeler County | GA | 8.6 | Tropical storm |
| Montgomery County | GA | 9.8 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | AL | 10.1 | Category 1 |
| Stone County | MS | 10.3 | Category 2 |
| Geneva County | AL | 10.9 | Tropical storm |
| Mitchell County | GA | 11.1 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | AL | 11.2 | Category 1 |
| Evans County | GA | 11.4 | Tropical storm |
| Dodge County | GA | 12.1 | Tropical storm |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 12.2 | Category 3 |
| Effingham County | GA | 12.6 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 13.4 | Category 3 |
| Greene County | MS | 13.6 | Category 1 |
| Barbour County | AL | 14.0 | Tropical storm |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 14.1 | Tropical storm |
| Butler County | AL | 14.5 | Tropical storm |
| Miller County | GA | 14.6 | Tropical storm |
| McIntosh County | GA | 15.2 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | AL | 16.5 | Tropical storm |
| Berrien County | GA | 17.8 | Tropical storm |
| Bulloch County | GA | 18.6 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | GA | 19.1 | Tropical storm |
| Colquitt County | GA | 19.2 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 20.0 | Category 3 |
| Pierce County | GA | 21.0 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 21.0 | Tropical storm |
| Quitman County | GA | 21.5 | Tropical storm |
| Perry County | MS | 21.8 | Category 2 |
| Dooly County | GA | 22.7 | Tropical storm |
| Ware County | GA | 22.9 | Tropical storm |
| Atkinson County | GA | 22.9 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 23.4 | Tropical storm |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 23.5 | Category 3 |
| Cook County | GA | 25.3 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pulaski County | GA | 26.0 | Tropical storm |
| Pearl River County | MS | 26.0 | Category 3 |
| Seminole County | GA | 26.2 | Tropical storm |
| Laurens County | GA | 26.5 | Tropical storm |
| Webster County | GA | 26.7 | Tropical storm |
| Candler County | GA | 27.9 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 28.5 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 28.7 | Tropical storm |
| Stewart County | GA | 29.2 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 30.9 | Tropical storm |
| Grady County | GA | 31.6 | Tropical storm |
| Forrest County | MS | 31.7 | Category 3 |
| Emanuel County | GA | 31.9 | Tropical storm |
| Colleton County | SC | 32.5 | Tropical storm |
| Brantley County | GA | 33.1 | Tropical storm |
| Bullock County | AL | 33.4 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 34.2 | Tropical storm |
| Treutlen County | GA | 34.4 | Tropical storm |
| Thomas County | GA | 34.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wilcox County | AL | 37.2 | Tropical storm |
| Bleckley County | GA | 37.5 | Tropical storm |
| Macon County | GA | 37.6 | Tropical storm |
| Schley County | GA | 38.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 39.0 | Category 3 |
| Lanier County | GA | 39.2 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 39.3 | Tropical storm |
| Clinch County | GA | 39.8 | Tropical storm |
| Wayne County | MS | 40.0 | Category 1 |
| Screven County | GA | 40.1 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | GA | 40.4 | Tropical storm |
| Houston County | GA | 40.7 | Tropical storm |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 41.2 | Category 3 |
| Montgomery County | AL | 41.5 | Tropical storm |
| Russell County | AL | 41.8 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | GA | 42.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hampton County | SC | 42.7 | Tropical storm |
| Lowndes County | AL | 43.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lamar County | MS | 44.2 | Category 3 |
| Lowndes County | GA | 46.7 | Tropical storm |
| Choctaw County | AL | 48.0 | Category 1 |
| Washington Parish | LA | 48.5 | Category 3 |
| Johnson County | GA | 48.9 | Tropical storm |
| Camden County | GA | 49.2 | Tropical storm |
| Chattahoochee County | GA | 50.1 | Tropical storm |
| Twiggs County | GA | 51.0 | Tropical storm |
| Jenkins County | GA | 51.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dallas County | AL | 52.1 | Tropical storm |
| Gadsden County | FL | 52.3 | Tropical storm |
| Peach County | GA | 52.8 | Tropical storm |
| St. James Parish | LA | 53.0 | Category 3 |
| Charlton County | GA | 53.5 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | GA | 54.1 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | MS | 55.5 | Category 2 |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 56.1 | Category 3 |
| Macon County | AL | 56.2 | Tropical storm |
| Berkeley County | SC | 56.3 | Tropical storm |
| Dorchester County | SC | 56.6 | Tropical storm |
| Allendale County | SC | 56.7 | Tropical storm |
| Marion County | MS | 56.7 | Category 3 |
| Calhoun County | FL | 57.3 | Tropical storm |
| Bay County | FL | 57.9 | Tropical storm |
| Wilkinson County | GA | 58.1 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 59.1 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 59.3 | Tropical storm |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 59.8 | Category 3 |
| Marengo County | AL | 60.2 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 61.0 | Tropical storm |
| Crawford County | GA | 61.2 | Tropical storm |
| Muscogee County | GA | 62.6 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson County | FL | 63.7 | Tropical storm |
| Walthall County | MS | 64.1 | Category 3 |
| Jefferson County | GA | 64.8 | Tropical storm |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 65.6 | Category 3 |
| Bibb County | GA | 66.0 | Tropical storm |
| Burke County | GA | 66.2 | Tropical storm |
| Lee County | AL | 67.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | GA | 67.7 | Tropical storm |
| Clarke County | MS | 67.8 | Category 1 |
| Talbot County | GA | 68.6 | Tropical storm |
| Autauga County | AL | 69.5 | Tropical storm |
| Covington County | MS | 70.2 | Category 2 |
| Madison County | FL | 70.5 | Tropical storm |
| Nassau County | FL | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 71.2 | Category 3 |
| Elmore County | AL | 71.9 | Tropical storm |
| Bamberg County | SC | 73.7 | Tropical storm |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 73.8 | Category 3 |
| Harris County | GA | 74.2 | Tropical storm |
| Upson County | GA | 74.7 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 75.1 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 76.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jefferson Davis County | MS | 76.3 | Category 3 |
| Tallapoosa County | AL | 76.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | MS | 77.2 | Category 1 |
| Perry County | AL | 77.2 | Tropical storm |
| Georgetown County | SC | 77.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jones County | GA | 77.9 | Tropical storm |
| St. Helena Parish | LA | 78.6 | Category 3 |
| Pasco County | FL | 78.6 | Tropical storm |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 79.1 | Category 3 |
| Barnwell County | SC | 80.9 | Tropical storm |
| Monroe County | GA | 81.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wakulla County | FL | 81.6 | Tropical storm |
| Baldwin County | GA | 82.0 | Tropical storm |
| Columbia County | FL | 82.0 | Tropical storm |
| Orangeburg County | SC | 82.1 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 82.2 | Category 3 |
| Pike County | MS | 82.3 | Category 3 |
| Gulf County | FL | 83.8 | Tropical storm |
| Hillsborough County | FL | 84.4 | Tropical storm |
| Baker County | FL | 84.4 | Tropical storm |
| Sumter County | AL | 85.9 | Tropical storm |
| Manatee County | FL | 86.5 | Tropical storm |
| Lawrence County | MS | 87.9 | Category 3 |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 88.2 | Category 3 |
| Lauderdale County | MS | 88.5 | Category 1 |
| Smith County | MS | 88.9 | Category 2 |
| Lamar County | GA | 89.0 | Tropical storm |
| Chambers County | AL | 89.2 | Tropical storm |
| Hancock County | GA | 89.2 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 89.8 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 90.0 | Tropical storm |
| Meriwether County | GA | 90.1 | Tropical storm |
| Aiken County | SC | 90.2 | Tropical storm |
| Williamsburg County | SC | 90.3 | Tropical storm |
| Glascock County | GA | 90.4 | Tropical storm |
| Hale County | AL | 90.5 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 91.1 | Category 3 |
| Taylor County | FL | 91.1 | Tropical storm |
| Chilton County | AL | 93.2 | Tropical storm |
| Richmond County | GA | 93.7 | Tropical storm |
| East Feliciana Parish | LA | 93.7 | Category 3 |
| Hernando County | FL | 94.6 | Tropical storm |
| Amite County | MS | 94.6 | Category 3 |
| Coosa County | AL | 95.5 | Tropical storm |
| Troup County | GA | 95.6 | Tropical storm |
| Pike County | GA | 95.8 | Tropical storm |
| Sarasota County | FL | 95.9 | Tropical storm |
| Greene County | AL | 97.6 | Tropical storm |
| Lincoln County | MS | 98.1 | Category 3 |
| Simpson County | MS | 98.5 | Category 2 |
| Putnam County | GA | 98.9 | Tropical storm |
| Clarendon County | SC | 98.9 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 99.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | GA | 99.7 | Tropical storm |
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.