Cadillac, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the High Springs-Alachua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32615. The Survey maps it on the Newberry quadrangle.
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.


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
- 1968 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
160 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Cadillac between 1992 and 2020, burning about 854 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/2008-08-0629 |
| 19 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2010-08-0481/ALACHUA |
| 17 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HAND SAW/ALACHUA |
| 12 July 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 June 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BLANE (01) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 3,654 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 3,654 specimens collected within 10 miles of Cadillac between 1842 and 1975: 1,420 Animalia, 1,059 Fungi, 830 Protozoa, 284 Plantae, 36 Unrecorded, 25 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A Chable & W McLane, A W Chapman and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.
| Image | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks. | 1896 | Edmon West | Gainesville |
![]() | Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood | 1842 | F Engel | |
![]() | Cryptotis parva (Say, 1823) | 1860 | A. Arata | Gainesville, 6 mi. NW |
![]() | Myotis austroriparius (Rhoads, 1897) | 1860 | unknown | Gainesville, 10 mi. W |
![]() | Podomys floridanus (Chapman, 1889) | 1860 | James Layne | Gainesville, 8 mi NW |
![]() | Paspalum praecox Walter | 1889 | unknown | |
![]() | Rottboellia campestris Nutt. | 1889 | A W Chapman | |
| Aves | 1897 | not recorded | Alachua Co | |
![]() | Chordodes puerilis Montgomery, 1898 | 1906 | E. Anderson | High Springs |
![]() | Elsinoe fawcettii Bitanc. & Jenkins | 1907 | Rolfs | Alachua |
![]() | Peziza coccinea Huds. | 1907 | Dr. Beutan | Gainesville, Devil's Millhopper; Found on cone on dead root |
![]() | Dumortiera hirsuta (Sw.) Nees | 1909 | R. M. Harper | Devil's Millhopper |
All 3,654 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cadillac: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickerson Fla. | Sand | Past Producer | ||
| Haile Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Haile Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Warren Brothers Haile Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Limerock Industries - Newberry Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Limestone Prod. | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Limestone Products - Newberry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Limestone Products - Newberry West | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cadillac in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Cadillac | $8,000 | Based on photos, the NWS determined that an EF0 tornado caused wind damage (max winds around 75 mph) across the west side of Gainesville. A carport was damaged and numerous trees were blown down along 196th Terrace Ave. Two homes were also damaged along the path. At least 3 dozen trees were snapped off along a portion of the path as well. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| August 2015 | Flood | Cadillac | - | Water was over portions of County Road 235 between Alachua and Newberry. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Cadillac | - | Within 3 hours 4.9 inches of rainfall was measured. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cadillac | - | A tree was reported blown down across the road near NW 186th Street and NW 62nd Ave. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arno | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Forest Grove | 2.3 miles | 11 | |
| Los Trancos Woods | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Haile | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Wade | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Burnetts Lake | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Buda | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Clark | 5.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295169. 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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.















