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Alachua County, Florida

105 topographic sheets cover 92 settlements here, and 64 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

64 National Register listings published here, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Florida within the United States
Alachua County within Florida

What the record shows

  • 1,476 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 64 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 52 buildings, 11 districts and 1 site.
  • 18 of the 64 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 92 populated places in this county; 92 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

64

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Anderson Hallbuilding197979000652
Axline Housebuilding201515000207
Maj. James B. Bailey Housebuilding197272000301
Baird Hardware Company Warehousebuilding198585003053
Bethlehem Presbyterian Churchbuilding2018100002065
Boulware Spring Waterworksbuilding198585001255
Dan Branch Housebuilding201515000782
Bryan Hallbuilding197979000653
Buckman Hallbuilding197474000609
Church of God by Faithbuilding2023100008753
City of Alachua Downtown Historic Districtdistrict200000000787
Cox Family Log Housebuilding2017100000931
Cox Furniture Storebuilding199494000579
Cox Furniture Warehousebuilding199494000580
Dixie Hotel, Hotel Kelleybuilding198282002369
Dudley Farmdistrict200202001081
Engineering Industries Buildingbuilding200808000547
Epworth Hallbuilding197373000562
Evinston Community Store and Post Officebuilding198989000321
Federal Building, United States Post Office, and Court Housebuilding2022100008118
Flint Hallbuilding197979000654
Floyd Hallbuilding197979000655
Hawthorne Cemeterysite201514000172
High Springs Historic Districtdistrict199191001540
Hotel Thomasbuilding197373000563
Hub, Thebuilding200808000551
Island Grove Masonic Lodge No. 125building201010000984
A. Quinn Jones Housebuilding201009001278
Kanapahabuilding198686000915
Lakeshore Towersbuilding2024100011031
Liberty Hill Schoolhousebuilding200303000825
Library Eastbuilding197979000656
Masonic Templebuilding199898000589
Matheson Housebuilding197373000564
Mary Phifer McKenzie Housebuilding198282002370
Melrose Historic Districtdistrict199089002305
Micanopy Historic Districtdistrict198383003512
Neilson Housebuilding197373000566
Newberry Historic Districtdistrict198787002150
Newell Hallbuilding197979000657
Northeast Gainesville Residential Districtdistrict198080000942
Old Gainesville Depotbuilding199696001369
Old Mount Carmel Baptist Churchbuilding2021100006345
Peabody Hallbuilding197979000658
Pleasant Street Historic Districtdistrict198989000323
Proctor, Carlos and Marjorie Log House and Cottagebuilding2018100002620
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings House and Farm Yardbuilding197070000176
Rochelle Schoolbuilding197373000565
Rolfs Hallbuilding198686002411
Shady Grove Primitive Baptist Churchbuilding200505001115
Southeast Gainesville Residential Districtdistrict198887002435
Star Garagebuilding198585003197
Stephens Housebuilding2017100001386
Thomas Hallbuilding197474000610
U.S. Post Officebuilding197979000659
University Evangelical Lutheran Church Complexbuilding2021100006346
University of Florida Campus Historic Districtdistrict198989000322
WRUF Radio Station, Oldbuilding198989001479
Waldo Historic Districtdistrict200101000034
Weil-Cassisi Housebuilding201515000587
Winecoff Housebuilding200202000001
Women's Gymnasiumbuilding197979000660
Yonge, P. K., Laboratory School, Oldbuilding199089002302
Yulee-Mallory-Reid Dormitory Complexbuilding200808000552

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

1

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Land ownership map, 188? - Map of Alachua County, Florida
Land ownership map (188?) - Map of Alachua County, Florida. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

14 of 62 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 62 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Swimming pool, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Swimming pool, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Auditorium, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Auditorium, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Florida Union, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Florida Union, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Campus view, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Campus view, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Motel Tabor, U.S. Highway 441, 2 1/2 miles south of University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Motel Tabor, U.S. Highway 441, 2 1/2 miles south of University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
White House Hotel, Gainesville, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
White House Hotel, Gainesville, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Campus view, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Campus view, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
The White House Hotel, Gainesville, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
The White House Hotel, Gainesville, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Local Service Center, Gainesville, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Local Service Center, Gainesville, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Airport obstruction chart, OC 973, Gainesville Regional Airport, Gainesville, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Airport obstruction chart, OC 973, Gainesville Regional Airport, Gainesville, Florida. United States. National Ocean Service, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Florida field stadium, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Florida field stadium, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Science Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Science Hall, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
P.K. Yonge Laboratory School, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
P.K. Yonge Laboratory School, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
John F. Seagle Building, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
John F. Seagle Building, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

36 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 1,069 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 36 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-10, scale 1:60000
1950-04-10, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-10, scale 1:60000
1950-04-10, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-10, scale 1:60000
1950-04-10, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-16, scale 1:59000
1951-01-16, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-01-19, scale 1:24000
1965-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-01-19, scale 1:24000
1965-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-01-19, scale 1:24000
1965-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-01-19, scale 1:24000
1965-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-01-15, scale 1:20500
1968-01-15, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-01-15, scale 1:20500
1968-01-15, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-01-15, scale 1:20500
1968-01-15, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-01-15, scale 1:20500
1968-01-15, scale 1:20500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000
1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000
1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000
1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000
1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1992-07-04, scale 1:66000
1992-07-04, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-22, scale 1:60000
1949-11-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-22, scale 1:60000
1949-11-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-22, scale 1:60000
1949-11-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-22, scale 1:60000
1949-11-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-10, scale 1:60000
1950-04-10, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-16, scale 1:59000
1951-01-16, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-16, scale 1:59000
1951-01-16, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-01-16, scale 1:59000
1951-01-16, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:24000
1964-02-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:24000
1964-02-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:24000
1964-02-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:24000
1964-02-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1987-02-13, scale 1:15000
1987-02-13, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1987-02-13, scale 1:15000
1987-02-13, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1987-02-13, scale 1:15000
1987-02-13, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1987-02-13, scale 1:15000
1987-02-13, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1992-07-04, scale 1:66000
1992-07-04, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1992-07-04, scale 1:66000
1992-07-04, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1992-07-04, scale 1:66000
1992-07-04, scale 1:66000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

64 stations, 19 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

68 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 1-1Commissioner's District 1: Alachua city: Alachua city - That part northeast of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  • 1-2Commissioner's District 1: Alachua city - That part southwest of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  • 1-3Commissioner's District 1: High Springs city: High Springs city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; West 3rd
  • 1-4Commissioner's District 1: High Springs city - That part Bounded by City limits; West 3rd; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad City limits
  • 1-5Commissioner's District 1: High Springs city - That part Bounded by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; West 3rd; City limits; City limits
  • 1-6High Springs City - That part Bounded by Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; City limits; City limits; West 3rd
  • 1-7La Crosse Town
  • 1-8Commissioner's District 1 - That part Bounded by County line Commissioner's District line; Commissioner's District line; State Hwy. 23, La Crosse town limits, State Hly. 235
  • 1-9Commissioner's District 1 - That part Bounded by County line; State Hwy. 235; State Hwy. 235, La Crosse town limits, State Hwy. 235; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad City limits
  • 1-10Commissioner's District 1 - That part Bounded by County line; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; State Hwy. 235; State Hwy. 241
  • 1-11Commissioner's District 1 - That part Bounded by County line; State Hwy. 241 Alachua city limits; U. S. Hwy. 441, High Springs city limits; State Hwy. 20 County line
  • 1-12Commissioner's District 1 - That part Bounded by State Hwy. 20, High Springs city limits, U. S. Hwy. 441; Alachua city limits, State Hwy. 235; Commissioner's District line; County line
  • 1-13Commissioner's District 1 - That part Bounded by State Hwy. 235, La Crosse town limits; State Hwy. 23; Commissioner's District line; State Hwy. 235, Alachua city limits
  • 1-14Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by City limits; City limits; University Ave., E. Blvd., Orange, Franklin, Second Ave., Franklin; Commissioner's District line
  • 1-15Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by City limits; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Boundary; Alabama, State Rd. 2
  • 1-16Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by Michigan Ave.; State Rd. 2, Alabama; Cypress; City limits
  • 1-17Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by Cypress; Alabama Fifth; Seminary Ninth; City limits
  • 1-18Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by Boundary; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Seminary, Pleasant, Seminary, Crove, Seminary Fifth; Alabama
  • 1-19Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by Seminary, Grove, Seminary, Pleasant, Seminary; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; University Ave.; Fifth
  • 1-20Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by Seminary; Fifth; University Ave.; Ninth
  • 1-21Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 3 Bounded by City limits; State Rd. 2; Michigan Ave.; City limits
  • 1-22Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 3 Bounded by City limits; Osceola Ave.; University Ave., Newberry Rd.; City limits
  • 1-23AGainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 3 Bounded by City limits; Washington Seminary, Ninth; University Ave.; Osceola Ave.
  • 1-23BGainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 3 Bounded by City limits; Ninth; Seminary; Washington
  • 1-24Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 3 Bounded by University Ave.; Seventh; Depot, Seaboard Air Line Railroad; City limits, Ninth
  • 1-25Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 3 Bounded by University Ave.; Fifth, Market, Fifth; Depot; Seventh
  • 1-26Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 4 Bounded by City limits; Commissioner's District line; Franklin, Second Ave., Franklin Boundary; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  • 1-27AGainesville city -That part in Commissioner's District 4, excluding the Thomas and Whitehouse Hotels
  • 1-27BGainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 4, comprising Whitehouse Hotel
  • 1-28Thomas Hotel (In Gainesville city, Commissioner's District 4)
  • 1-29Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 4 Bounded by University Ave.; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; Depot; Fifth, Market, Fifth
  • 1-30BGainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 4, comprising Fletcher and Murphree Halls, University of Florida
  • 1-30EGainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 4, comprising Mallory, Yulee and New No. 1, University of Florida
  • 1-30DGainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 4, comprising Temporary Dormitories and New Mens Dormitories Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, University of Florida
  • 1-30CGainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 4, comprising Flavet Villages 1 and 111, University of Florida
  • 1-30AGainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 4, comprising Buckman-Thomas and Sledd Halls, University of Florida
  • 1-31Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 4 Bounded by Seaboard Air Line Railroad, Depot; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad; City limits; City limits
  • 1-32Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 5 Bounded by University Ave.; City limits; City limits; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Depot, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  • 1-33AGainesville City - That part, excluding Odd Fellows Home Bounded by University Ave.; Seaboard Air Line Railroad; Roper Ave.
  • 1-33BOdd Fellows Home (In Gainesville City, Commissioner's District 5)
  • 1-34Gainesville city - That part in Commissioner's District 5 Bounded by University Ave.; Roper Ave.; Depot; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  • 1-35Commissioner's District 2, outside Gainesville City: Waldo City
  • 1-36BUniversity of Florida Housing Alachua Airport (In Commissioner's District 2)
  • 1-36ECommissioner's District 2 - That part west of the section line between Sections 27 and 28; Township 9 South, Range 20 East from Glenn Spring Rd. to fractional Section 4 and section line extended through fractional Section 4 to Commissioner's District line and north of Glenn Spring Rd. and Hill street extended to section line between Sections 28 and 29; Township 9 South, Range 20 East
  • 1-36DCommissioner's District 2 - That part south of Hill street extended, west of section line between Sections 28 and 29; Township 9 South, Range 20 East south of Glenn Spring Rd. and west of the section line between Sections 33 and 34; Township 9 South, Range 20 East from Glenn Spring Rd. to Gainesville city limits, outside Gainesville city
  • 1-36CCommissioner's District 2 - That part northeast of Hatchie Creek, outside Waldo City
  • 1-36ACommissioner's District 2 - That part southwest of Hatchie Creek, east of section line between Sections 33 and 34,;Township 9 South, Range 20 East from Gainesville city limits to fractional Section 4 and section line extended through fractional Section 4 to Commissioner's District line,; outside Gainesville city, excluding Florida Farm Colony for Feeble Minded and Epileptic (State) and University of Florida Housing Alachua Airport
  • 1-37Florida Farm Colony for Feeble - Minded and Epileptic (State) (In Commissioner's District 2) (Remainder of Commissioner's District 2 is in Gainesville city)
  • 1-38Commissioner's District 3, outside Gainesville City: Newberry town
  • 1-39ACommissioner's District 3 - That part Bounded by Michigan Ave.,;State Hwy. 25; State Hwy 20; Gainesville city limits; State Hwy. 26; Hogtown Creek
  • 1-39BCommissioner's District 3 - That part Bounded by Glen Springs Rd.; State Hwy. 20, State Hwy. 25; Glenn Springs Rd.; Glenn Springs Rd.
  • 1-39CCommissioner's District 3 - That part Bounded by Commissioner's District line; State Hwy. 20, Glen Springs Rd., Mill Hopper Rd.; State Hwy. 26; Range line between Ranges 18 and 19 East
  • 1-39DCommissioner's District 3 - That part Bounded by Mill Hopper Rd., Glenn Springs Rd.; State Hwy. 25, Michigan Ave., Hogtown Creek; State Hwy. 26; Mill Hopper Rd.
  • 1-40Commissioner's District 3 - That part Bounded by Commissioner's District line; Range line between Ranges 18 and 19 East; State Hwy. 26; State Hwv. 235
  • 1-41Commissioner's District 3 - That part Bounded by Commissioner's District line; State Hwy. 235; State Hwy. 235, Newberry town limits, State 26; County line
  • 1-42Commissioner's District 3 - That part Bounded by State Hwy. 26, Newberry town limits, State Hwy. 235, State Hwy 26; Commissioner's District line; Commissioner's District line; County line (Remainder of Commissioner's District 3 is in Gainesville city)
  • 1-43Commissioner's District 4, outside Gainesville city: Archer city
  • 1-44Micanopy town
  • 1-45Commissioner's District 4 - That part Bounded by Commissioner's District line; Commissioner's District line; Gainesville city limits; Commissioner's District line
  • 1-46ACommissioner's District 4 - That part, excluding Flavet Village 11 Bounded by Commissioner's District line; Gainesville city limits; State Hwy. 24; Commissioner's District line
  • 1-46BCommissioner's District 4 - That part.comprising Flavet Village 11
  • 1-47Commissioner's District 4 - That part Bounded by Commissioner's District line; State Hwy. 24, Archer city limits, U. S. Hwy. 41; County line; County line
  • 1-48Commissioner's District 4 - That part Bounded by State Hwy. 24, Commissioner's District line, State Hwy. 24; Gainesville city limits, U. S. Hwy. 441, Micanopy town limits, U. S. Hwy. 44; County line; U. S. Hwy. 41, Archer city limits
  • 1-49Commissioner's District 4 - That part Bounded by Gainesville city limits, Commissioner's District line; Commissioner's District line; County line; County line, U. S. Hwy.441, Micanopy town limits, U.S. Hwy. 441 (Remainder of Commissioner's District 4 is in Gainesville city)
  • 1-50Commissioner's District 5, outside Gainesville city: Hawthorn town
  • 1-51Commissioner's District 5 - That part north of State 20 and east of Iochlooza Creek and State Hwy. 200, outside Hawthorn town
  • 1-52Commissioner's District 5 - That part west of State Hwy. 200, Lochloosa Creek, State Hww. 20 and State Hwy 325, outside Gainesville city
  • 1-53Commissioner's District 5 - That part south of State Hwy. 20 and east of State Hru. 325, outside Hawthorn town (Remainder of Commissioner's District 5 is in Gainesville city)

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,928 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,928 of them, burning about 38,654 acres. 288 started naturally and 100 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Railroad operations and maintenance450
Debris and open burning347
Missing data/not specified/undetermined329
Natural288
Equipment and vehicle use204
Arson/incendiarism100
Misuse of fire by a minor90
Power generation/transmission/distribution48
Recreation and ceremony31
Smoking25
Other causes12
Fireworks4

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
16 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenance6,500 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined4,170 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSANTA FE SWAMP FIRE
26 February 2000Equipment and vehicle use3,713 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHIDDEN LAKE
29 May 2000Equipment and vehicle use2,933 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 December 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,616 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/BURNT ISLAND FIRE
25 May 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,088 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHE 1475(01)
22 April 2001Equipment and vehicle use2,000 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOUNTY LINE
1 January 2000Railroad operations and maintenance700 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1957 to 2026

60 of 852 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 852 reports for this county, causing 2 deaths, 33 injuries and about $16,185,760 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind458
Hail141
Heavy Rain93
Tornado45
Flood34
Funnel Cloud32
Lightning26
Flash Flood11
Wildfire11
Waterspout1

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 1993Tornado (F1)LaCrosse1 killed, 4 hurt, $5,000,000A tornado destroyed a mobile home killing one person and injuring four others. A few houses were destroyed by the tornado and a resulting propane explosion at one of the residences. Trees and power lines were blown down. (F05M)
July 2015Thunderstorm WindGainesville East1 killed, 2 hurtA tree limb was blown down at Poe Springs park, which hit a woman on the head. Two others were injured. The woman died due to head trauma from the tree limb.
April 1978Tornado (F2)not stated6 hurt, $250,000no account filed
May 1978Tornado (F2)not stated4 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
February 1983Tornado (F2)not stated4 hurt, $250,000no account filed
April 2009Thunderstorm WindArcher2 hurtFire Rescue reported a tree on a car with 2 injuries on U.S. Highway 41.
June 1992Tornado (F0)not stated1 hurt, $250,000no account filed
March 2013Thunderstorm WindGainesville1 hurt, $5,000A tree was blown down on a home which resulted in a minor injury to the home homeowner. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion in Storm Data.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindGainesville; Hawthorn1 hurt, $5,000Numerous trees were downed around Gainesville and near Hawthorne. One tree fell onto a car in northwest Gainesville, breaking the windshield, and putting glass into the eye of a 7-month-old female.
June 2018LightningArredonda1 hurtA male was struck by lightning with only minor injuries. The time of the strike was estimated.
June 2018LightningArredonda1 hurtA male was struck by lightning with only minor injuries. The time of the strike was estimated.
July 2016LightningHigh Spgs1 hurtA person was struck by lightning. The extent of injury was unknown. They were taken to the hospital.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNewberry1 hurtA possible tornado touchdown was reported near Newberry. Trees and power lines were blown down by storng wind gusts. One person was injured in an apartment complex.
November 2009LightningHawthorne1 hurtA 10-year-old male was struck and injured by lightning in Hawthorne. He was hospitalized.
June 2008LightningGainesville North1 hurtA 21 year old male was struck by lightning near 3500 SW Archer Road. He was rushed to Shands Hospital. The victim was standing under a tree before he was struck. He suffered extreme burns to half of his body.
April 2003Thunderstorm WindHigh Spgs1 hurtFemale struck by a tree blown down by high winds. Report received from Florida DEM state warning point, injured party's condition unknown.
June 1996LightningGainesville1 hurtno account filed
March 1986Tornado (F2)not stated$2,500,000no account filed
March 2022Thunderstorm WindNewberry$1,000,000Thunderstorm wind knocked down powerlines onto CR-235 at the intersection of CR-235 and 5th Ave in Newberry. This led to the closure of CR-235 at this intersection.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindHigh Spgs$1,000,000Thunderstorm wind caused damage to powerlines along NW US Hwy 441 which led to the closure of US 441 northbound near High Springs due to crews trying to repair the powerlines.
October 1993Thunderstorm Windnot stated$500,000Sheriff's deputies reported several mobile homes destroyed by downburst winds along SR 26.
July 1996Flash FloodGainesville$500,000no account filed
June 1985Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 1973Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
September 1966Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
January 2011LightningArcher$200,000Lightning struck a home on SW 282nd Street and started a fire which destroyed the home. The cost of property loss was estimated based on an average of home prices in the area.
August 2007LightningLa Crosse$200,000Lightning struck a home in La Crosse and burned the house to the ground. Pea size hail was also reported. In High Springs at 324 pm, there was another house fire from lightning in the Parker Estates Subdivision. The cost of damage was estimated.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindGainesville$150,000Home damaged. Numerous reports of trees and power lines blown dow. More than 4000 homes in the western sections of the county experenced power outages.
August 2000LightningArcher$100,000Fire destroyed home.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindGainesville$75,000Trees and power lines were blown down along University Blvd.
August 2002LightningGainesville$60,000Lightning struck boublewide mobile home. The subsequent fire totally destoryed the structure.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindGainesville$55,000On Interstate 75, two cars were blown off the highway and caused two tractor-semitrailers to collide.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindHigh Spgs$50,000Thunderstorm winds ripped the roof off a home. Winds also damaged several homes and toppled a truck on I-75.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCross Creek$50,000Trees were blown onto homes in the Cross Creek area and near Micanopy.
July 2000LightningGainesville$40,000Destroyed a mobile home.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindGainesville$40,000Five cars damaged. Large trees and power lines were blown down.
November 2003Thunderstorm WindGainesville$30,000Trees down across a road near Gainesville and a large tree felled on a home in La Crosse damaging it.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindAlachua$30,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindAlachua$25,000Large trees and power lines were blown down. Roof damage on several homes.
June 1983Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
October 1980Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
June 1979Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
July 1976Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
February 1970Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
August 2007LightningLa Crosse$20,000Lightning ignited two house fires. The cost of damage was estimated.
February 1996Tornado (F0)Grove Park$20,000no account filed
May 2000Thunderstorm WindWaldo$15,000Roof damage to a flea market.
June 1999Flash FloodGainesville$15,000Water accumulating on the roof of the Oaks Mall, drained into the mall at more than 50 gallons per minute.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindGainesville$15,000Numerous reports of large trees and power lines blown down. A moble home located at 12308 SR-45 was also destroyed.
June 2017FloodDayville$10,000Apartments were flooded with rain water. Residents received aid from the Red Cross. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
May 2014LightningGainesville North$10,000Lightning struck a large boat which caused a fire. Significant damage occurred. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated so the event could be included in Storm Data. This estimated value is likely inaccurate.
February 2003Thunderstorm WindGainesville$10,000Gainesville Sun reports trees and power lines down.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindCountywide$10,000Numerous large trees down. Power lines down in Micanopy. Large trees down on NW 8th Ave in Gainesville.
July 2000Flash FloodGainesville$10,000Numerous streets and roads flooded.
March 2012Tornado (EF0)Cadillac$8,000Based on photos, the NWS determined that an EF0 tornado caused wind damage (max winds around 75 mph) across the west side of Gainesville. A carport was damaged and numerous trees were blown down along 196th Terrace Ave. Two homes were also damaged along the path. At least 3 dozen trees were snapped off along a portion of the path as well. The cost of damage was estimated.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindCross Creek$8,000The public reported widespread damage at County Road 325 and Southeast 143 Street. Six large trees were either uprooted or snapped along a quarter mile path. All board fences along the path were blown over and power lines were blown down. The cost of damage was estimated.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindNewberry$8,000Large trees and power lines were blown down. Car damaged.
August 1995Thunderstorm WindAlachua$8,000Large tree uprooted and damaged house just off of Highway 346A.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindAlachua$6,500no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindHigh Spgs$6,000no account filed

Mines and quarries

44 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 44 workings inside this county. 17 still produce and 27 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Phosphorus-Phosphates18
Sand10
Limestone, General8
Stone, Crushed/Broken5
Clay2
Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Water, Free1
Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite1
Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free1
Kaolin1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fry H.D.ProspectKaolinOccurrence
La Crosse DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspectSurface
Lakes DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Water, FreeProspect
Pirkle Deposit #1Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, FreeProspect1956
Campville Brick Co DepositClayPast Producer
Hole No 118 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Buda Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Haile PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Haile QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
High Springs MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Warren Brothers Haile QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Limerock Industries - Newberry MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Prod.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Prod.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Prod. (Haile)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Products - NewberryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Products - Newberry WestLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
North Fla. Limerock - High SprgsLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
White Constr.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Alachua Co Public Works - 40 Acre MineSandUnknown
Alachua Co Public Works - Kirby MineSandUnknown
D & M Johnston - Johnston Landfill MineSandUnknown
Dickerson Fla.SandPast Producer
O'Steen Bro.SandProducer
Osteen Brothers - Osteen PitSandProducer
V. E. Whitehurst & Sons, Inc. - Archer MineSandUnknown
V. E. Whitehurst & Sons, Inc. - Starvation Hill MineSandUnknown
Watson Construction, Inc. - Archer MineSandUnknown
Watson Construction, Inc. - Newberry MineSandUnknown
Bartow #1 Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1965
Bartow #2 Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1977
Bartow Cf Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer1962
Bartow Ussac Phosphoric Acid Pl.Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Ft. Meade Semi/Sino Phos Acid PlPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1982
Ft. Meade Ussac Phos. Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Mulberry Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1968
New Wales Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown
Nichols Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant1960
Pierce Agrico Phos. Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1965
Pierce Farmland Phos. Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1965
Piney Point Fcs Phos. Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer1966
Plant City Cf Phos. Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1968
Tampa Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1965
White Springs Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown1966

Collected here, 1806 to 1975

8 of 25,087 shown

Museum specimens collected in and around this county - inside the rectangle that bounds it - and catalogued with a date and a place: 25,087 of them, by kingdom 11,152 animalia, 10,119 fungi, 1,947 protozoa, 1,551 plantae, 170 chromista. Each is a physical object in a named collection, not a sighting. Held by FLAS, FMNH, BPI, NY, FSCA, UMMZ among others, and each settlement page carries the specimens collected near it.

The oldest of them. A specimen proves something was collected on that day; its absence proves nothing.

Photograph YearSpecies KingdomWhere CollectorCatalogue
A photograph of the species Ditrichum pallidum, not of this specimen1806Ditrichum pallidum (Hedw.) HampePlantaenot statedC. E. FaxonNY 316116
A photograph of the species Canthon pilularius, not of this specimen1822Canthon pilularius (Linnaeus, 1758)AnimaliaGainesvilleF. W. WalkerFMNH FMNHINS 0004 174 682
A photograph of the species Ilex vomitoria, not of this specimen1826Ilex vomitoria AitonPlantaenot statedA. P. GarberNY 2638711
A photograph of the species Ctenium aromaticum, not of this specimen1842Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.WoodPlantaenot statedF EngelAK AK98635
Specimen of Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 18411847Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 1841AnimaliaGainesvillenot recordedUSNM USNMENT01614315
A photograph of the species Burmannia biflora, not of this specimen1850Burmannia biflora L.Plantaenot statedH GillmanAK AK95706
A photograph of the species Cyperus croceus, not of this specimen1850Cyperus croceus VahlPlantaenot statedH GillmanAK AK97629
A photograph of the species Cyperus lecontei, not of this specimen1850Cyperus lecontei Torr. ex Steud.Plantaenot statedH GillmanAK AK97347

Every populated place in the county

92

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Alachua County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.