The unnamed hurricane of 1867
Oct 2, 1867 to Oct 9, 1867Peak 104 mph
The unnamed hurricane of 1867 passed within 50 miles of 55 counties in 4 states. It was strongest near Plaquemines Parish, LA, as a Category 2 on October 5, 1867.
- Major hurricane
- Hurricane
- Tropical storm
- Post-tropical
Unnamed hurricane · 1867
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
- 55
- FL, GA, LA, TX
- Counties within 100 miles
- 148
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX
- Landfalls recorded
- 2
- Anywhere on the track
Every county it passed
Closest approach to each county boundary, with the storm’s strength at that moment.
| Bradford County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Plaquemines Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Gilchrist County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Lafourche Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Dixie County | FL | 0.0 | Category 1 |
| Clay County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Alachua County | FL | 0.0 | Tropical storm |
| Terrebonne Parish | LA | 0.0 | Category 2 |
| Jefferson Parish | LA | 2.3 | Category 2 |
| St. Johns County | FL | 3.2 | Tropical storm |
| Union County | FL | 4.6 | Tropical storm |
| Levy County | FL | 4.8 | Tropical storm |
| Cameron County | TX | 4.9 | Category 2 |
| Columbia County | FL | 5.1 | Tropical storm |
| Taylor County | FL | 5.2 | Category 1 |
| Baker County | FL | 9.9 | Tropical storm |
| Lafayette County | FL | 10.6 | Tropical storm |
| Suwannee County | FL | 13.6 | Tropical storm |
| Franklin County | FL | 13.8 | Category 1 |
| Nassau County | FL | 14.6 | Tropical storm |
| Putnam County | FL | 16.0 | Tropical storm |
| Willacy County | TX | 18.7 | Category 2 |
| Gulf County | FL | 18.7 | Category 1 |
| Marion County | FL | 22.5 | Tropical storm |
| St. Mary Parish | LA | 22.5 | Category 2 |
| Charlton County | GA | 23.0 | Tropical storm |
| Iberia Parish | LA | 25.8 | Category 2 |
| Camden County | GA | 25.9 | Tropical storm |
| Kenedy County | TX | 26.7 | Category 2 |
| Vermilion Parish | LA | 29.8 | Category 2 |
| Assumption Parish | LA | 29.9 | Category 2 |
| St. Bernard Parish | LA | 30.1 | Category 2 |
| St. Charles Parish | LA | 34.1 | Category 2 |
| Cameron Parish | LA | 34.3 | Category 2 |
| St. Martin Parish | LA | 35.0 | Category 2 |
| Wakulla County | FL | 35.1 | Category 1 |
| Bay County | FL | 36.5 | Category 1 |
| Flagler County | FL | 36.9 | Tropical storm |
| Hamilton County | FL | 38.1 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | FL | 39.6 | Category 1 |
| Jefferson County | FL | 39.9 | Category 1 |
| Ware County | GA | 40.0 | Tropical storm |
| Glynn County | GA | 43.5 | Tropical storm |
| Brazoria County | TX | 44.2 | Category 2 |
| Citrus County | FL | 45.2 | Tropical storm |
| Madison County | FL | 45.6 | Tropical storm |
| Orleans Parish | LA | 46.2 | Category 2 |
| Clinch County | GA | 46.3 | Tropical storm |
| Galveston County | TX | 46.3 | Category 2 |
| Matagorda County | TX | 47.4 | Category 2 |
| St. John the Baptist Parish | LA | 47.5 | Category 2 |
| St. James Parish | LA | 47.7 | Category 2 |
| Hidalgo County | TX | 49.0 | Category 2 |
| Jefferson County | TX | 49.1 | Category 2 |
| Kleberg County | TX | 51.0 | Category 2 |
| Volusia County | FL | 51.2 | Tropical storm |
| Echols County | GA | 51.4 | Tropical storm |
| Leon County | FL | 53.6 | Category 1 |
| Chambers County | TX | 54.4 | Category 2 |
| Lake County | FL | 55.2 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | FL | 55.3 | Category 1 |
| McIntosh County | GA | 55.8 | Tropical storm |
| Calhoun County | TX | 56.7 | Category 2 |
| Nueces County | TX | 56.9 | Category 2 |
| Sumter County | FL | 58.3 | Tropical storm |
| Iberville Parish | LA | 58.6 | Category 2 |
| Aransas County | TX | 58.9 | Category 2 |
| Ascension Parish | LA | 59.8 | Category 2 |
| Brantley County | GA | 60.7 | Tropical storm |
| Walton County | FL | 61.2 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | TX | 61.7 | Category 2 |
| Baldwin County | AL | 64.2 | Category 1 |
| Lafayette Parish | LA | 64.8 | Category 2 |
| St. Tammany Parish | LA | 65.6 | Category 2 |
| Acadia Parish | LA | 65.7 | Category 2 |
| San Patricio County | TX | 65.7 | Category 2 |
| Jefferson Davis Parish | LA | 66.0 | Category 2 |
| Jackson County | MS | 66.0 | Category 2 |
| Gadsden County | FL | 66.3 | Category 1 |
| Lowndes County | GA | 66.8 | Tropical storm |
| Mobile County | AL | 67.0 | Category 1 |
| Livingston Parish | LA | 67.5 | Category 2 |
| Calcasieu Parish | LA | 67.6 | Category 2 |
| Hancock County | MS | 67.6 | Category 2 |
| Hernando County | FL | 67.7 | Tropical storm |
| Escambia County | FL | 67.8 | Category 1 |
| Liberty County | GA | 68.6 | Tropical storm |
| Washington County | FL | 69.3 | Category 1 |
| Jackson County | TX | 69.4 | Category 2 |
| Harrison County | MS | 69.7 | Category 2 |
| Harris County | TX | 69.9 | Category 2 |
| Wayne County | GA | 71.0 | Tropical storm |
| Brooks County | TX | 71.2 | Category 2 |
| Brooks County | GA | 71.2 | Tropical storm |
| Okaloosa County | FL | 71.3 | Category 1 |
| Refugio County | TX | 71.4 | Category 2 |
| Tangipahoa Parish | LA | 71.6 | Category 2 |
| Santa Rosa County | FL | 71.6 | Category 1 |
| Thomas County | GA | 75.9 | Category 1 |
| Fort Bend County | TX | 76.4 | Category 2 |
| Pierce County | GA | 76.5 | Tropical storm |
| Chatham County | GA | 77.0 | Tropical storm |
| Liberty County | TX | 77.0 | Category 2 |
| East Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 77.1 | Category 2 |
| Bryan County | GA | 77.8 | Tropical storm |
| West Baton Rouge Parish | LA | 78.1 | Category 2 |
| Lanier County | GA | 78.3 | Tropical storm |
| Jackson County | FL | 80.5 | Category 1 |
| Grady County | GA | 80.7 | Category 1 |
| Long County | GA | 81.2 | Tropical storm |
| Wharton County | TX | 81.2 | Category 2 |
| St. Landry Parish | LA | 82.8 | Category 2 |
| Victoria County | TX | 84.6 | Category 2 |
| Pasco County | FL | 84.7 | Tropical storm |
| Decatur County | GA | 84.7 | Category 1 |
| Orange County | FL | 85.6 | Tropical storm |
| Hardin County | TX | 86.0 | Category 2 |
| Newton County | TX | 86.2 | Category 2 |
| Jim Wells County | TX | 86.6 | Category 2 |
| Pearl River County | MS | 87.0 | Category 2 |
| Seminole County | FL | 87.2 | Tropical storm |
| Jasper County | TX | 87.7 | Category 2 |
| Jasper County | SC | 88.4 | Tropical storm |
| Holmes County | FL | 90.1 | Category 1 |
| Seminole County | GA | 90.2 | Category 1 |
| Atkinson County | GA | 90.2 | Tropical storm |
| Beaufort County | SC | 90.4 | Tropical storm |
| Starr County | TX | 91.0 | Category 2 |
| Appling County | GA | 92.0 | Tropical storm |
| Charleston County | SC | 93.4 | Tropical storm |
| Beauregard Parish | LA | 93.6 | Category 2 |
| Allen Parish | LA | 93.7 | Category 2 |
| Pointe Coupee Parish | LA | 93.9 | Category 2 |
| Berrien County | GA | 94.0 | Tropical storm |
| Carteret County | NC | 95.2 | Tropical storm |
| Evangeline Parish | LA | 95.4 | Category 2 |
| Bacon County | GA | 95.7 | Tropical storm |
| Cook County | GA | 96.2 | Tropical storm |
| Duval County | TX | 96.4 | Category 2 |
| Bee County | TX | 96.4 | Category 2 |
| Colleton County | SC | 96.5 | Tropical storm |
| Jim Hogg County | TX | 97.0 | Category 2 |
| Brunswick County | NC | 97.6 | Tropical storm |
| Goliad County | TX | 99.2 | Category 2 |
| Colquitt County | GA | 99.6 | Category 1 |
| Georgetown County | SC | 99.9 | Tropical storm |
| Pinellas County | FL | 99.9 | 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.