Bradford County, Florida

52 topographic sheets cover 13 settlements here, and 3 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

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From the record

3 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Florida within the United States

Bradford County within Florida

What the record shows

186 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings and 1 district.
1 of the 3 listings were added during the 1970s.
The Geographic Names Information System records 13 populated places in this county; 13 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

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

Property	Type	Listed	Reference
Call Street Historic District	district	1985	85003329
Old Bradford County Courthouse	building	1974	74000611
Woman's Club of Starke	building	1997	97000350

The county from the air

31 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 665 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 31 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, 1949-11-22, scale 1:60000 — 1949-11-22, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-10-12, scale 1:59000 — 1950-10-12, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-01-08, scale 1:20500 — 1970-01-08, scale 1:20500. 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, 1951-01-16, scale 1:59000 — 1951-01-16, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-02-22, scale 1:59000 — 1951-02-22, 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, 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, 1992-07-04, scale 1:66500 — 1992-07-04, scale 1:66500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1992-07-04, scale 1:66400 — 1992-07-04, scale 1:66400. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

5 stations, 1 gage

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.

STARKE 1958 to 1985, hottest 37.8 C, coldest -13.3 C
LAKE BUTLER 1999 to 2007, hottest 38.3 C, coldest -8.9 C
STARKE 1999 to 2017, hottest 38.3 C, coldest -17.2 C
STARKE 0.9 ESE 2012 to 2018
STARKE 0.5 ENE 2023 to 2024

SANTA FE RIVER NEAR GRAHAM, FLA. 1957 to 2025

The 1950 census, district by district

13 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.

4-1Commissioner's District 1 - Lawtey city
4-2Commissioner's District 1 - That part north of State Hwy. 225 and Lawtey-Kingsley Lake Rd., outside Lawtey city
4-3Commissioner's District 1 - That part south of State Hwy. 225 and Lawtey-Kingsley Lake Rd., outside Lawtey city
4-4Starke city - That part in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by City limits; City limit;s City limits, State Hwy. 230, Call; Seaboard Air Line Railroad
4-5Starke city - That part in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by City limits; Seaboard Air Line Railroad Call; State Hwy. 230, Orange, Madison, and State; City limits
4-6Starke city - That part in Commissioner's District 3 Bounded by State, Madison, Orange, State Hwy. 230, Call and State Hwy. 230; City limits; City limits; City limits
4-7Commissioner's District 2, outside Starke city: Commissioner's District 2 - That part east of State Hwy. 16, outside Starke city
4-8Commissioner's District 2 - That part west of State Hwy. 16, outside Starke city (Remainder of Commissioner's District 2 is in Starke city)
4-9Commissioner's District 3 - That part outside Starke city (Remainder of Commissioner's District 3 is in Starke city)
4-10Commissioner's District 4 Hampton city
4-11Commissioner's District 4 - That part outside Hampton city
4-12Commissioner's District 5 - That part outside Brooker town
4-13Commissioner's District 5: Brooker town

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

976 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 976 of them, burning about 27,623 acres. 114 started naturally and 131 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Equipment and vehicle use	197
Debris and open burning	194
Railroad operations and maintenance	173
Arson/incendiarism	131
Natural	114
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	71
Misuse of fire by a minor	40
Power generation/transmission/distribution	32
Recreation and ceremony	16
Smoking	3
Other causes	3
Fireworks	2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
7 May 2007	Arson/incendiarism	14,626 acres	Florida Forest Service	03-04-DAIRY ROAD-0725
8 June 2011	Natural	5,679 acres	Florida Forest Service	SANTA FE 11 (04)
17 June 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	1,102 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
19 February 2002	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	460 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
7 May 2017	Natural	391 acres	Florida Forest Service	DUPONT (04)
16 February 1996	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	300 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
18 June 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	250 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
15 June 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	200 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

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

Storms, 1961 to 2026

60 of 222 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 222 reports for this county, causing no deaths, 8 injuries and about $4,352,950 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Thunderstorm Wind	123
Hail	33
Tornado	21
Heavy Rain	17
Flood	13
Lightning	8
Funnel Cloud	4
Flash Flood	2
Wildfire	1

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

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
December 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln City	2 hurt	Major wind damage to homes occurred in Starke and families are displaced. Possible tornado damage.
December 2020	Tornado (EF1)	Hampton	2 hurt	A weak tornado touched down just SW of Stark around 6:16 pm. The vortex damaged trees, fences, and roofs on manufactured homes along its 4 mile path. Four people were displaced on Christmas Eve by the tornado. Two people were taken to the hospital as a precaution and later released. The tornado was 100 yards at its widest point with peak winds of 105 mph.
July 2007	Lightning	Lawtey	2 hurt	Two people were injured in Lawtey from a lightning strike.
July 1980	Tornado (F1)	not stated	1 hurt, $25,000	no account filed
February 1971	Tornado (F2)	not stated	1 hurt, $25,000	no account filed
January 2010	Tornado (EF1)	New River	$3,500,000	An EF1 tornado touched down around 1322 pm EST in Bradford county. The path width varied from 200 to 400 yards, and the path length was around 9 to possibly 10 miles. Numerous outbuildings were damaged and destroyed. There was mostly minor damage to substantial structures. At least a dozen homes were damaged along County Road 229. There were 25 homes that suffered minor damage and 28 that had major damage. A total of 23 houses were destroyed. The emergency manager estimated $2.5 to $3 million dollars in damages to homes and about $500,000 in damages to out buildings. The tornado traveled just north of due east and lifted in western Clay County were the path may have gone over the Camp Blanding National Guard Auxiliary.
February 1975	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$250,000	no account filed
April 2017	Lightning	Brooker	$100,000	A structure fire due to lightning occurred during the pre-dawn hours. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
July 2002	Lightning	Lawtey	$80,000	House struck by lightning and destroyed by subsequent fire.
May 2013	Flood	Starke	$50,000	Minor flooding of businesses and residences was reported along Highway 310 from Starke to Lawtey. Several roads were closed due to flood waters. The cost of damage was estimated for event inclusion in Storm Data.
August 2022	Flood	Starke	$35,000	The Bradford county sheriff reported flooding in several areas of Starke. Bradford County EM reported a closure of all directions on US-301 and FL-100 in Starke due to flooded roadways. Broadcast media reported that Bradford middle school canceled classes on Tuesday Aug 30th and Wednesday Aug 31st due to flood damage inside the school caused by heavy rainfall that occurred on Aug 28th. Flood water entered the main building which caused water damage in multiple classrooms.
March 2000	Tornado (F0)	Starke	$30,000	Very weak tornado. Damaged three homes.
June 1983	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
August 1977	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
July 1976	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
March 1972	Tornado (F1)	not stated	$25,000	no account filed
May 2013	Flood	Starke	$20,000	All four lanes of Highway 301 in Starke were closed to flooding between Market Road and State Road 16. Water and Laura Streets also had major flooding. Many other roads were closed in sections of the city due to flooding. The cost of damage was estimated and is likely grossly underestimated.
June 2012	Flood	Lake Sampson	$20,000	Widespread flooding occurred across Starke. At 7 am on 6/25, emergency management reported several roads under water in the city including Bessent Road near Valley Road, Colley Road near the Hospital, NE 14th Ave, NE 17th Ave, SR 230 and at SR 16 and Old Lawtey Road. At 7:38 am, Alligator Creek over flowed with several homes threatened by flood waters. U.S. Highway 301 was closed from State Road 16 to Market Road due to flooding. Additional flooding concerns included North Water Street, East Mimosa Drive and Branford Drive in Starked. Flood control gates on Lake Sampson were opened due to high lake levels. There were 7 inches of rainfall during the past 24 hours across the county. At 8:47 am, a co-operative observer in Starked measured 6.5 inches of rainfall in the past 24 hours. The cost of damage was estimated, and it is likely greatly under-estimated.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Hampton	$20,000	Three homes damaged. Large trees and power lines were blown down.
February 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$10,000	Vacant chicken house had tin roof torn off. County Road 233 and NW 59th Ave.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$10,000	Large trees down on house and power lines down. Crosby Lake Subdivision. Trees down crossing 160th Street.
May 2014	Lightning	Starke	$7,000	A lightning strike killed 7 cattle near Starke. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data and is likely incorrect.
October 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawtey	$5,000	A tree limb was blown through a roof of an occupied residence on County Road 225 near NW 51 Lane. The cost of damage was estimated.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$5,000	Large trees were blown down.
January 1994	Tornado (F0)	E of Brooker	$5,000	A brief tornado touchdown tore up a few sheds and blew shingles off some houses.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Sampson City	$3,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
January 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$3,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2012	Lightning	Theressa	$3,000	Lightning struck a residence and caused damage to the property at 327 4th Ave. in Melrose. The cost of damage was estimated.
August 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Hampton	$3,000	Large trees and power lines were blown down. A home was also damaged on SR-21 North of Melrose.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$2,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 1982	Tornado (F0)	not stated	$2,500	no account filed
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawtey	$2,000	Numerous power lines were damaged near County Road 225 and County Road 229. The cost of damage was unknown, but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$2,000	A tree and power line were blown down on State Road 16 in Heilborn Springs. The time was estimated based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated.
February 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$2,000	Large trees and power lines down.
July 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$2,000	Large trees down. Reports of trees down in Brooker.
November 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	not stated	$2,000	Numerous reports of trees and power lines blown down.
July 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawtey	$1,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$1,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
March 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$1,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$1,500	no account filed
March 2026	Thunderstorm Wind	Theressa	$1,000	Several trees were snapped and down off of SW County Road 18 in Bradford County. Time estimated via radar and reported gust of 55mph at nearby Keystone Heights Airport.
May 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	New River	$1,000	A tree was blown down onto a power line on NW 93rd Place. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Hampton Beach	$1,000	Several trees were blown down near County Road 18 along both sides of U.S. Highway 301 in Hampton. A few trees feel onto power lines. The cost of damage was estimated.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Hampton	$1,000	An oak tree was blown down near the intersection of SE 49th Ave and SE 92nd Street. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$1,000	A tree was blown down onto 2 power lines along Polk Avenue. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Sampson City	$1,000	Two trees were blown down near the intersection of County Road 225 and State Road 100. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
July 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawtey	$1,000	Power lines were blown down at County Road 220 and Highway 301. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Lincoln City	$1,000	Power lines were down in the roadway. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in StormData.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$1,000	Two trees were down near downtown Starke. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Lake Sampson	$1,000	A tree and power line were blown down near NW County Road 225. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in StormData.
October 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$1,000	A tree was blown down blocking State Road 230 near Valley Road. The cost of damage removal was estimated.
October 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Lawtey	$1,000	A tree was blocking County Road 225 near Lake Street. The cost of damage removal was estimated.
October 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$1,000	A tree was blocking the road on NW 203rd Way. The cost of damage removal was estimated.
October 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Clayno	$1,000	A tree was blown down across 113th Ave in Riverbend Estates. The cost of damage removal was estimated.
March 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$1,000	no account filed
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hampton	$500	A tree was blown down near the railroad tracks. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hampton Beach	$500	A tree was blown down near County Road 18. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included Storm Data.
October 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$500	A tree limb was down on power lines on North Epperson Street. The cost of damage removal was estimated.
March 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Starke	$500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.

Mines and quarries

2 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 2 workings inside this county. None of them still produces: all are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Phosphorus-Phosphates	2
Uranium, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum	1
Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium	1

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

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Brooker-Dukes	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium	Prospect	1960
	Container Corporation	Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum	Occurrence

Every populated place in the county

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.

Brooker

Brooker census division · 32622 · On Braggs Branch · Brooker quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Clayno

Brooker census division · 32622 · Brooker quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Graham

Hampton census division · 32044 · On Sampson River · Waldo quadrangle

15 sheets, 1941 to 1991
Hampton

Hampton census division · 32044 · Waldo quadrangle

15 sheets, 1941 to 1991
Hampton Beach

Hampton census division · 32044 · Waldo quadrangle

15 sheets, 1941 to 1991
Heilbronn

Starke census division · 32091 · Raiford quadrangle

13 sheets, 1918 to 1981
Lawtey

Lawtey census division · 32058 · Lawtey quadrangle

15 sheets, 1918 to 1981
New River

Brooker census division · 32622 · Brooker quadrangle

11 sheets, 1954 to 1981
Pleasant Grove

Starke census division · 32091 · Sampson quadrangle

16 sheets, 1941 to 1991
Sampson

Hampton census division · 32091 · Sampson quadrangle

16 sheets, 1941 to 1991
Saxton

Lawtey census division · 32058 · Lawtey quadrangle

15 sheets, 1918 to 1981
Starke

Starke census division · 32091 · Starke quadrangle

17 sheets, 1941 to 1999
Theressa

Hampton census division · 32091 · On Double Run Creek · Keystone Heights quadrangle

16 sheets, 1941 to 1993

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.
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.