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Aucilla, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32344. It stands on Little Aucilla River. The Survey maps it on the Lamont quadrangle. 103 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 102 feet above sea level.

Aucilla within Jefferson County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Aucilla, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Aucilla, surveyed 1954

Population over time

2 figures

Aucilla grew from 100 to 103 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
2010100
2020103+3 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Aucilla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 548 acres in total. 10 started naturally. None was 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 burning36
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes1

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
6 September 2014Other causesunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHONEY LAKE (40)
6 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service238 MILE MARKER (40)
21 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWHIPPOORWILL (40)
21 September 2019Natural16 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHARTSFIELD RD (33)
20 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWHIPPORWILL (40)
1 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Aucilla: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
White Construction Co., Inc. - Sullivan Pond MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

31 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Aucilla in 31 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 28 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2011Thunderstorm WindAucilla$5,000A spotter relayed a report of several trees down along I-10 between mile markers 232 and 233. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindAucilla$3,000Trees were blown down onto power lines resulting in power outages near Horace Ave.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindAucilla$2,000Big Joe Road was closed by the prison due to a tree falling onto a power line.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindAucilla$2,000A tree and a power lines were blown down near Highway 90 and South Salt Road.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindAucilla$2,000Power lines were blown down in the vicinity of Salt Road.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindAucilla$2,000Numerous trees and power lines down near County Road 257 and U.S. Highway 90. Reported by the Jefferson County Sheriff.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindAucilla$1,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage along East Washington Highway near North Salt Road.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindAucilla$1,000Trees were blown down on I-10 at Mile Marker 229.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindAucilla$1,000A tree was blown down on Bassett Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindAucilla$1,000A tree was blown down on Aucilla Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindAucilla$1,000Downed trees reported by a SKYWARN storm spotter.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindAucilla$500The public reported a tree down near I-10 mile marker 232. Power was out in this area east of Monticello.
March 2025Flash FloodAucilla-Water was reported over the roadway on Aucilla Highway.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindAucilla-A tree was blown down onto South Salt Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindAucilla-Trees were blown down along S Salt Road.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindAucilla-A tree was blown down and partially blocking I-10 eastbound at Mile Marker 230.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAucilla-A tree was blown down and blocked 1 lane on Big Joe Road.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindAucilla-A large tree was blown down in the Aucilla area.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindAucilla-Two trees were blown down across South Salt Road and Ed Bishop Road.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindAucilla-A tree was blown down onto I-10 via the Florida Highway Patrol website.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindAucilla-A tree was blown down blocking the westbound lane on US 90 and South Salt Road.
March 2022FloodAucilla-Heavy rain over a multi-day period resulted in flooding along Drifton-Aucilla Highway.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindAucilla-A tree was blown down along I-10.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindAucilla-A tree was blown down near South Salt Road and Railroad.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindAucilla-Trees were blown down at North Salt Road and Bassett Dairy Road.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindAucilla-A tree was blown down across Flatwoods Road between Noble Road and Smith Road.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindAucilla-A tree was blown down near Ed Bishop and Mays Road.
September 2018Thunderstorm WindAucilla-Three to four trees were blown down near Bassett Dairy Road.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindAucilla-A tree was blown down onto I-10.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindAucilla-A few trees were down between Aucilla Highway and Interstate 10 in the eastern portion of the county.
July 2000HailAucilla-Quarter size hail. Reported by the Jefferson County Sheriff.

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
Drifton6.7 miles9
Casa Blanco7.5 miles7
Nash7.6 miles9
Monticello7.6 miles7
Lamont7.7 miles9
Hatchcakamocha (historical)7.8 miles9
Montivilla8.5 miles7
Lois9.1 miles7

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on AucillaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4819483The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 277993. 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.

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.