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Ashville, Florida

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32331. The Survey maps it on the Ashville quadrangle.

Ashville within Jefferson County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ashville, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Ashville, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Ashville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 432 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning20
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
26 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBUCKHORN TRAIL (33)
22 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceASHEVILLE ROAD (40)
6 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 July 2009Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service40 - WHITLEY FIRE - 0193
21 June 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePOWERLINE (33)
17 June 2007Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(33) DEERWOOD BLVD FIRE
4 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenance35 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 May 2001Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

13 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ashville in 13 storm reports between 2000 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2020Thunderstorm WindAshville$3,000Wind damage from flying debris resulted in a power outage.
March 2012Thunderstorm WindAshville$3,000Residents near the Jefferson/Brooks county line reported trees down near Highway 221. The report was obtained from a WTXL news article. Monetary damage was estimated.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindAshville$2,000The top of a cherry tree fell on a power line and resulted in a power outage.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindAshville$2,000Trees were blown down on Bailey Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindAshville$2,000Trees were blown down blocking lanes of traffic on Highway 221 just south of the Georgia border. Monetary damage was estimated.
April 2000Thunderstorm WindAshville$1,000Trees down over CR 221 and CR 146 reported by the Jefferson County EMA.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindAshville-A tree was blown down at the intersection of South Quitman Highway and Bright Proctor Road.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindAshville-Trees were blown down into the roadway.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindAshville-A tree was blown down near Highway 221 and Bippus Road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindAshville-A tree was blown down onto Highway 221 N.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindAshville-A tree was blown down at 9676 Ashville Highway.
June 2012Heavy RainAshville-A storm total rainfall of 9.39 inches fell during Tropical Storm Debby.
May 2016HailAshville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jefferson County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Dills6.7 miles7
Aucilla11.0 miles9
Monticello12.8 miles7
Montivilla13.7 miles7
Alma13.8 miles7
Casa Blanco14.5 miles7
Drifton14.9 miles9
Jarrett15.2 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294660. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.

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.