Brooker, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brooker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32622. It stands on Braggs Branch. The Survey maps it on the Brooker quadrangle. 322 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 128 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresBrooker fell from 338 to 322 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 338 | |
| 2020 | 322 | -16 (-5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Brooker quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Brooker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 620 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 14 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 burning | 33 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2020 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | SR 235 (01) |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | THICK(01) |
| 22 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 161 ST (04) |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA -4919 FIRE |
| 28 August 2020 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SW 151ST ST (04) |
| 2 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | FARM(01) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Brooker: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooker-Dukes | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium | Prospect | 1960 |
Storms near this place
15 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brooker in 15 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooker | - | A tree was uprooted and another was snapped in half from thunderstorm winds. The time and location was based on radar. |
| June 2022 | Heavy Rain | Brooker | - | A public weather station just east of SW 180th avenue and west of state road 231, measured 3.38 inches of rainfall as of 5 am EDT. Rainfall began around 3 am EDT. A flood warning was in effect. |
| March 2021 | Heavy Rain | Brooker | - | A weather station measured 3.47 inches since midnight. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooker | - | Severe thunderstorm winds downed a dozen large oak trees, flipped a piece of farm equipment, and blew shingles off of a home. The downburst impacted a 1500 x 1500 ft area. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| August 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooker | - | A tree was blown down on Eden Loop Church Road in Brooker. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooker | - | Numerous trees were blown down across the county. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooker | - | Several trees were blown down in Brooker. Trees fell on two mobile homes, which tore the roof off of one of the homes. The cost of damage was unknown. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooker | - | Trees were blown down on County Road 235. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| July 2012 | Hail | Brooker | - | Nickel size hail was observed. The time of the event was based on radar. |
| October 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Brooker | - | The emergency manager relayed several reports of a funnel cloud in the Brooker vicinity along County Road 231. A few unconfirmed reports stated touchdown, but no damage was observed. |
| March 2003 | Hail | Brooker | - | Reported as ping pong ball sized hail. |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brooker | - | Numerous trees down. |
| March 2005 | Hail | Brooker | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Brooker | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clayno | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| New River | 6.1 miles | 11 | |
| Graham | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Sampson | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Hampton Beach | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Hampton | 10.8 miles | 15 | |
| Pleasant Grove | 11.7 miles | 16 | |
| Starke | 12.4 miles | 17 |
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 Brooker | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q928956 | The 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 279434. 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.




