InspectLens

Putnam County

DBPR D5. In FY2024-25 restaurants here averaged 1.27 high-priority violations per routine inspection (Florida 0.98), number 13 of 67 counties from the highest. This is the baseline InspectLens compares Putnam stores against.

1.27high-priority violations per routine inspection, FY2024-25, n = 289
1.58first-visit baseline used for scores, n = 220 inspections
1.4%routine inspections ending in an emergency order recommendation, FY2024-25

By fiscal year

01.65FY2016-17: 1.52 (n = 250)16-17FY2017-18: 1.31 (n = 325)17-18FY2018-19: 1.38 (n = 334)18-19FY2019-20: 1.27 (n = 219)19-20FY2020-21: 1.30 (n = 240)20-21FY2021-22: 1.65 (n = 289)21-22FY2022-23: 1.49 (n = 264)22-23FY2023-24: 1.45 (n = 272)23-24FY2024-25: 1.27 (n = 289)24-25FY2025-26: 1.04 (n = 260)25-26FY2026-27: 1.64 (n = 59) partial year26-27*
High-priority violations per routine inspection, Putnam vs Florida. * = fiscal year in progress. Data as of 2026-11-09.
Fiscal yearPutnamRoutine inspections (n)FloridaFirst-visit baseline
FY2026-27*1.64591.042.24
FY2025-261.042600.981.27
FY2024-251.272890.981.58
FY2023-241.452721.001.88
FY2022-231.492641.042.09
FY2021-221.652891.052.20
FY2020-211.302400.951.49
FY2019-201.272190.941.52
FY2018-191.383341.022.40
FY2017-181.313251.062.08
FY2016-171.522501.142.13

Recent emergency closures in Putnam

Latest 6 of 6 closures in DBPR's weekly extracts (2025-12-29 to 2026-11-06). Reasons are DBPR's own wording.
ClosedBusinessCityReason (DBPR)Re-opened
2026-09-23Frozen PelicanMelroseNo potable water2026-09-24
2026-09-21Blue Water BayMelroseRodent activity2026-09-23
2026-07-16Blue Water BayMelroseRodent activity2026-07-17
2026-05-20Renegades on the RiverCrescent CityRoach & fly activity2026-05-21
2026-03-26Mr Jaybee's Wings N ThingsPalatkaSewage issue/rodent activity2026-03-27
2026-01-20Blue Water BayMelroseRoach & rodent activity2026-01-22