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Columbia County, Florida

59 topographic sheets cover 31 settlements here, and 11 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

11 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Florida within the United States
Columbia County within Florida

What the record shows

  • 286 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 11 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 6 buildings and 5 districts.
  • 1 of the 11 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 31 populated places in this county; 31 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

11

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
Columbia County High Schoolbuilding199393001154
Horace Duncan Housebuilding199393001155
Falling Creek Methodist Church and Cemeterybuilding199696000359
Fort White Public School Historic Districtdistrict198989002061
Goodbread-Black Farm Historic Districtdistrict199999000409
T. G. Henderson Housebuilding197373000571
Hotel Blanchebuilding199089002320
Lake City Historic Commercial Districtdistrict199493001157
Lake Isabella Historic Residential Districtdistrict199393001156
O'Leno State Parkdistrict201414000282
Sikes Housebuilding200706001318

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.

Bird's-eye view, 1885 - Panoramic-view of Lake City, Fla. county seat of Columbia Cty. 1885
Bird's-eye view (1885) - Panoramic-view of Lake City, Fla. county seat of Columbia Cty. 1885. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

12 of 14 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 14 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.

High school, Lake City, Fla., Boston Public Library - undated
High school, Lake City, Fla.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Turpentine Grove, Lake City, Fla., Boston Public Library - undated
Turpentine Grove, Lake City, Fla.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
U.S. Veterans Administration Building, Lake City, Fla., Boston Public Library - undated
U.S. Veterans Administration Building, Lake City, Fla.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Post office, Lake City, Fla., Boston Public Library - undated
Post office, Lake City, Fla.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
City park and court house, Lake City, Fla., Boston Public Library - undated
City park and court house, Lake City, Fla.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
View along Lake Isabella, Lake City, Fla., Boston Public Library - undated
View along Lake Isabella, Lake City, Fla.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
View along Lake DeSoto, Lake City, Fla., Boston Public Library - undated
View along Lake DeSoto, Lake City, Fla.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Fishermen at Lake City, Fla., Boston Public Library - undated
Fishermen at Lake City, Fla.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
East Madison Street at night, Lake City, Fla., Boston Public Library - undated
East Madison Street at night, Lake City, Fla.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Mid-Town Motel, Lake City, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Mid-Town Motel, Lake City, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Tropical view, Lake Isabella, Lake City, Fla., Boston Public Library - undated
Tropical view, Lake Isabella, Lake City, Fla.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Motel Dobson, Lake City, Fla., Boston Public Library - undated
Motel Dobson, Lake City, Fla.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

48 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 846 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 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, 1963-03-07, scale 1:24000
1963-03-07, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-03-07, scale 1:24000
1963-03-07, 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, 1966-03-06, scale 1:24000
1966-03-06, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-06, scale 1:24000
1966-03-06, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1966-03-06, scale 1:24000
1966-03-06, 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, 1974-05-09, scale 1:24195
1974-05-09, scale 1:24195. 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, 1950-11-27, scale 1:59000
1950-11-27, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-11-27, scale 1:59000
1950-11-27, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-11-27, scale 1:59000
1950-11-27, scale 1:59000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-11-27, scale 1:59000
1950-11-27, 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, 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, 1952-03-29, scale 1:23600
1952-03-29, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-03-29, scale 1:23600
1952-03-29, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-03-29, scale 1:23600
1952-03-29, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-03-29, scale 1:23600
1952-03-29, scale 1:23600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-03-07, scale 1:24000
1963-03-07, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-03-07, scale 1:24000
1963-03-07, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-12, scale 1:24000
1964-02-12, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-12, scale 1:24000
1964-02-12, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-12, scale 1:24000
1964-02-12, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-12, scale 1:24000
1964-02-12, 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, 1966-03-06, scale 1:24000
1966-03-06, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-02-25, scale 1:24000
1967-02-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-02-25, scale 1:24000
1967-02-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-02-25, scale 1:24000
1967-02-25, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-02-25, scale 1:24000
1967-02-25, 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, 1974-05-09, scale 1:24195
1974-05-09, scale 1:24195. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-09, scale 1:24195
1974-05-09, scale 1:24195. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-09, scale 1:24274
1974-05-09, scale 1:24274. 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.

Weather records

19 stations, 8 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

27 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.

  • 12-1Commissioner's District 1 - That part north of White Springs - Taylor Rd.
  • 12-2Commissioner's District 1 - That part south of White Springs - Taylor Rd. and east of Robinsons Falling Creek
  • 12-3Commissioner's District 1 - That part southwest of Robinsons Falling Creek and north of U. S. Hwy. 90
  • 12-4Commissioner's District 1 - That part south of U.S. Hwy. 90
  • 12-5Commissioner's District 2: Fort White town
  • 12-6Commissioner's District 2 - That part north of Hildreth - Ellisville Rd.
  • 12-7Commissioner's District 2 - That part south of Hildreth - Ellisville Rd. and north of State Hwys. 18 and 20, outside Fort White town
  • 12-8Commissioner's District 2 - That part south of State Hwys. 18 and 20, outside Fort White town
  • 12-9Lake City - That part in Commissioner's District 3 Bounded by City limits; City limits; Seaboard Air Line Railroad; Marion
  • 12-10Lake City - That part in Commissioner's District 3 Bounded by City limits; Marion; Long, South Carolina, Lake Jeffery Rd.; City limits
  • 12-11Lake City - That part in Commissioner's District 3 Bounded by Lake Jeffery Rd., South Carolina, Long; Marion; Railroad, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, Duval, Old Station Rd. No. 1, Edison Ave.; City limits
  • 12-12Lake City - That part in Commissioner's District 3, excluding Blanche Hotel Bounded by Railroad; Marion; Duval; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  • 12-13Blanche Hotel (In Lake City, Commissioner's District 3)
  • 12-14Lake City - That part in Commissioner's District 3 Bounded by Seaboard Air Line Railroad; City limits; Duval; Marion
  • 12-15Lake City - That part in Commissioner's District 5 Bounded by Duval, City limits, Putnam, Perry, Camp, Marion
  • 12-16Lake City - That part in Commissioner's , District 5, excluding Veterans Administration Hospital-U. S. Hospital No. 63 Bounded by Camp, Perry, Futnam; City limits; City limits; Marion
  • 12-17Veterans Administration Hospital-U.S. Hospital No. 63 (In Lake City, Commissioner's District 5)
  • 12-18Lake City - That part in Commissioner's District 5 Bounded by Edison Ave., Old Station Rd. No. 1 Duval; Marion; City limits; City limits
  • 12-19Commissioner's District 3 outside Lake City: Watertown, unincorporated (See boundaries shown on aerial photo Q-21-68)
  • 12-20Commissioner's District 3 - That part outside Lake City and the unincorporated place of Watertown (See aerial photo PQ-21-68 for boundaries of Watertown) excluding U. S. Naval Air Station (part)
  • 12-21U. S. Naval Air Station - That part in Commissioner's District 3 (Remainder of U. S. Naval Air Station is in Commissioner's Districts' 4 and 5) (Remainder of Commissioner's District 3 is in Lake City)
  • 12-22Commissioner's District 4: Commissioner's District 4 - That part north of U. S. Hwy. 90
  • 12-23Commissioner's District 4 - That part south of U. S. Hwy. 90 and northeast of State Hwy. 100, excluding U. S. Naval air Station (part)
  • 12-24U. S. Naval air station - That part in Commissioner's District 4 (Remainder of U.S. Naval Air Station is in Commissioner's Districts 3 and 5)
  • 12-25Commissioner's District 4 - That part southwest of State Hwy. 100
  • 12-26Commissioner's District 5 - That part outside Lake City, excluding U. S. Naval Air Station (part)
  • 12-27U.S. Naval Air station - That part in Commissioner's District 5 (Remainder of U.S. Naval Air Station is in Commissioner's Districts 3 and 4) (Remainder of Commissioner's District 5 is in Lake City)

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

2,084 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 2,084 of them, burning about 96,965 acres. 307 started naturally and 75 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning598
Railroad operations and maintenance437
Natural307
Missing data/not specified/undetermined299
Equipment and vehicle use182
Arson/incendiarism75
Power generation/transmission/distribution72
Misuse of fire by a minor57
Recreation and ceremony28
Smoking18
Fireworks7
Other causes4

The five largest, by the area the report gives. Two of them were set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 March 2004Debris and open burning34,660 acresNational Forests in FloridaIMPASABLE 1
2 June 1998Arson/incendiarism20,100 acresNational Forests in FloridaOAK
16 June 2011Natural11,025 acresNational Forests in FloridaIMPASSABLE BAY
4 March 2000Debris and open burning6,179 acresNational Forests in FloridaBENTON
9 May 2010Natural3,740 acresNational Forests in FloridaMOTHER'S DAY
18 March 2017Arson/incendiarism3,008 acresNational Forests in FloridaRED FOX
7 March 2000Equipment and vehicle use2,200 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 June 1998Natural1,000 acresNational Forests in FloridaTURKEY RUN

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

Storms, 1951 to 2025

60 of 412 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 412 reports for this county, causing 4 deaths, 24 injuries and about $8,326,100 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind239
Hail55
Heavy Rain48
Tornado25
Flood13
Lightning10
Flash Flood9
Wildfire7
Funnel Cloud6

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 2008Tornado (EF2)Lake City1 killed, 5 hurt, $4,000,000National Weather Service Storm Survey of the tornado track indicated most damage was EF1 scale with a small area of EF2 damage near NE Denver Street opposite a large field. Numerous Trees and power lines were snapped or blown over by the storm. Truck and trailers were also blown over in an industrial park. Nineteen homes were destroyed, twenty-one suffered major damage, and twenty had minor damage. Two businesses were destroyed with six suffering major damage. One female fatality occurred when a tree went through her mobile home. A male indirect fatality occurred when trying to connect a power generator. The mesocyclone which spanned this tornado was tracked across Taylor, Lafayette, and Suwannee Counties prior to this touchdown and it later spanned tornadoes in Baker, Charlton and Nassau Counties.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindSuwannee Vly1 killedA large tree was blown down onto a mobile home and split the home in half near Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 41. There was 1 fatality. There were additional reports of trees and power lines down across Lake City. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2003LightningLake City1 killedVictim was driving a 1997 Toyota 4Runner eastbound on Baya Lane, when a lightning bolt struck a large pine tree. The tree fell on his vehicle and the victim was struck and killed by a branch which penetrated the front windshield. Source Gainesville Sun 6/18/03.
July 1996LightningFt White1 killedno account filed
July 1998WildfireLake City4 hurt19,500 acres
May 2022LightningLulu3 hurtA person was struck by lightning near SE County Road 245, SSE of Lake City. Two others were also injured near the strike victim also injured. All three were taken to a hospital with injuries.
April 1983Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
August 1975Tornado (F1)not stated2 hurt, $2,500no account filed
June 2001LightningLake City2 hurtno account filed
April 1982Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
March 1974Tornado (F2)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
April 2024Thunderstorm WindBass1 hurtA tree fell on a single wide mobile home and caused a minor injury. The time of the event was based on radar data. Report relayed via the FL State Watch Office (FDEM).
January 2016LightningLake City1 hurtA teacher's aide was struck by lightning at Westside Elementary School in Lake City. It was reported that this employee was holding an umbrella and sparks were observed rising from the umbrella. Another staff member was indirectly affected by the lightning strike and reported numbness and tingling. The two were injured but released from a local hospital.
December 2006Tornado (F2)Lulu1 hurtColumbia County Emergency Management reports damage to 12 homes and one home destroyed. A business was also destroyed. Extensive damage was reported in the community of Woodborough along Scenic Lake drive as well as along Moore road northwest of Lake City. One minor injury was reported with minor lacerations.
May 1999WildfireCountywide1 hurtReported three (3) new fires. The first at Charles Road and Highway 242. No report on amount of acreage consumed. A second fire at Highway 247 at Cypress Lake Road burned one (1) acre. The third fire at Highway 247 at Cardinal Road burned an unknown number of acres.
November 1995Tornado (F1)Lake City$500,000One barn was destroyed with minor to moderate damage to 20 buildings.
February 1960Tornado (F3)not stated$250,000no account filed
September 2014Flash FloodWinfield$200,000Widespread flooding caused numerous road closures and flooded approximately 5-6 homes. One flooded home was located at SW Fedora Way, and residents used canoes and kayaks to travel streets. There was about 1 foot of standing water inside the home. Portions of Interstate 10 near mile marker 296 were closed due to flooded roads. Columbia City Public Works installed pumps at the intersection of Nightshade and Broadleaf Drives due to flooded roads and water nearing homes. Portions of State Road 47 just south of Watson Road were covered in several inches of standing waters. |Radar estimated about 8-13 inches between Lake City and Columbia, just south of Lake City. The cost of property damage is unknown at this time. The cost of damage was estimated for inclusion of this event in Storm Data.
September 2014Flash FloodCountry Club Estates$100,000A survey revealed flash flooding caused a home off of SW Edward Terrace was flooded out (about 2 inches of water in the home) with sewage in the backyard. This occurred around 7 am. Around 6 am, a retention pone was flooded out and surrounded several homes off of SW Nightshade Drive about 3 miles NE of the city of Columbia. Around the same time, another retention pond off of Fall Court surpassed bankfull and flooded a garage. Several inches of flood water covered roadways throughout Columbia county. The cost of damage was unknown, but a value was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
June 2012FloodWinfield$100,000At 7:26 am the park service reported a 24-hour rainfall total of 4.1 inches about 2 miles east of Lake City. At 9 am on 6/25, law enforcement reported eastbound Interstate 10 at mile marker 301 was closed due to high flood waters. At 9:15 am that morning, law enforcement reported U.S. Highway 41 southbound was closed near Interstate 10 due to flood waters. At 9 pm, law enforcement reported Interstate 10 eastbound at mile marker 301 was closed due to standing flood waters. At 8:16 am on 6/26, a co-operative observer reported a 24 hour rainfall total of 8.77 inches in Lake City. On 6/28 at 3:57 pm, the public reported a monthly rainfall total of 27.55 inches with 19.99 inches between the 23rd-26th about 5 miles northeast of Ichetucknee Springs. The cost of damage was estimated, and is likely greatly under estimated.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindFt White$55,000Eight homes and one vehicle damaged.
November 1995Thunderstorm WindLake City$55,000Trees were blown across U.S. 90 East and across Highway 47 south of CR-240. One home was left in shambles and was almost totally destroyed.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindLake City$50,000Roof blown off home.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindLake City$35,000A tree was blown down onto a single-wide mobile home destroying much of the home along NW Klondike Glen. The family was displaced. The cost of damage was estimated but officially unknown. The time of damage was based on radar data.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindLake City$35,000Columbia county EM reported a large tree snapped at the trunk and fell onto a single wide mobile home in Deer Run Mobile Home Park. The mobile home sustained considerable damage with a whole section of roof and walls completely collapsed. No one was inside the home during the event.
June 1996LightningLake City$25,000no account filed
January 1980Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
August 1975Tornado (F1)not stated$25,000no account filed
February 1975Tornado (F0)not stated$25,000no account filed
May 1951Tornadonot stated$25,000no account filed
February 1998Flash FloodLake City$20,000Numerous road were closed due to flooding.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindLake City$15,000Large trees and power lines were blown down. One house damaged.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindLake City$15,000Several buildings damaged.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindColumbia$15,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2015LightningLake City$10,000Lightning caused a mobile home fire. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
June 2012Flash FloodWinfield$10,000A couple of homes were under water about 12 miles south of the Suwannee River. The cost of damaged was estimated and is likely underestimated.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindLake City$10,000Trees down on roadway. Tree down on car.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWatertown$5,000A downed tree damaged a mobile home near the Lake City Gateway Airport. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindColumbia$5,000A large tree was uprooted and fell on a structure on County Road 240 west of State Road 47. The cost of damage was estimated for Storm Data.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindLake City$5,000Two homes had trees down on them. Several power lines were blown down. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindColumbia$5,000Multiple trees and power lines were blown down by Bishop Road and State Road 47. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
January 2007Thunderstorm WindFt White$5,000Trees down off of U.S. Highway 27 reported by Oleno State Park.
November 2002Thunderstorm WindLake City$5,000Several large trees down across roadways and power lines.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindLake City$5,000Roof damage to mobile home.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindLake City$5,000Mobile home damaged.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindLake City$5,000Auto parts store had roof damage.
December 1997Tornado (F0)Lake City$5,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindLake City$5,000Roof blown off a mobile home in Lake City.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindBenton$4,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindBass$4,000A tree fell on a home on Southwest Pinemount Road. The cost of damage was unknown, but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
July 2001Thunderstorm WindLake City$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2000Thunderstorm WindFt White$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down. Mobile home roof damage.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindLake City$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindColumbia$3,500Large tree and power lines were blown down. Two buildings with roof damage.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindLake City$3,000A tree was blown down on a home off of NW Klondike Glen. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated so the event could be included in Storm Data.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindWatertown$3,000Two trees fell down on two separate homes near the intersection of North Craig Street and the Jacksonville Loop. The cost of damage was estimated.
March 2000Flash FloodCountywide$3,000Numerous roads closed.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindLake City$3,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindLake City$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
February 2000Thunderstorm WindFt White$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.

Mines and quarries

9 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 9 workings inside this county. 3 still produce and 6 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Phosphorus-Phosphates6
Limestone, General3
Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite2
Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite2
Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium1
Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Water, Free1

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

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Columbia County # 1 DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Water, FreeProspect
North Columbia DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumProspectChemical Sediment, Marine
Deep CreekPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1960
North Columbia County #2Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1966
North Lake CityPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1962
Osceola National ForestPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965
Anderson Mining Corporation - Columbia CityLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Anderson-Columbia City MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limerock Industries - Columbia City/Kirby MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every populated place in the county

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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 Columbia 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.
  • 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.