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Campville, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hawthorne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32640. The Survey maps it on the Melrose quadrangle.

Campville within Alachua County

Then and now

1938 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Campville, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Campville, surveyed 1938

Compare 1938 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

194 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of Campville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,596 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 11 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 burning44
Natural42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Railroad operations and maintenance30
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2007Fireworksunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/CAMPVILLE RD FIRE
5 September 2006Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/CESTER-FINDER FIRE
27 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/DOCK FIRE
2 September 2001Natural12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1994Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2020Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSINKHOLE (01)
5 August 2020Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Service1708 (01)
5 August 2011Natural9.0 acresFlorida Forest Service234 BAY(01)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alachua County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 2,058 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 2,058 specimens collected within 10 miles of Campville between 1850 and 1975: 964 Fungi, 922 Animalia, 77 Plantae, 72 Protozoa, 12 Chromista, 11 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A S Rhoads, A S Rhoads; P Decker, A. & L. Rhoads 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Periconia pycnospora Fresen.Periconia pycnospora Fresen.1899von Noszky, H.Earleton, Fla. [Florida]
Specimen of Sorosporium everhartii Ellis & GallowaySorosporium everhartii Ellis & Galloway1900Hume, H. HaroldOrange Heights
Specimen of Sphacelotheca nealii (Ellis & F.W.Anderson) G.P.ClintonSphacelotheca nealii (Ellis & F.W.Anderson) G.P.Clinton1900H. Harold HumeOrange Heights
A photograph of the species Burmannia biflora, not of this specimenBurmannia biflora L.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Ctenium aromaticum, not of this specimenCtenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Cyperus croceus, not of this specimenCyperus croceus Vahl1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Cyperus lecontei, not of this specimenCyperus lecontei Torr. ex Steud.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Cyperus retrorsus, not of this specimenCyperus retrorsus Chapm.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Fimbristylis vahlii, not of this specimenFimbristylis vahlii (Lam.) Link1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Hypericum myrtifolium, not of this specimenHypericum myrtifolium Lam.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Saccharum alopecuroides, not of this specimenSaccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt.1850H Gillman
A photograph of the species Sida acuta, not of this specimenSida acuta Burm.fil.1850H Gillman

All 2,058 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Campville: 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Water, Free, Kaolin. 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
Campville Brick Co DepositClayPast Producer
Fry H.D.ProspectKaolinOccurrence
Lakes DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Water, FreeProspect

Every working recorded in Alachua County

Storms near this place

5 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Campville in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
January 1999Thunderstorm WindCampville$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindCampville$2,000Wind damage impacted a home and damaged the outdoor canopy. The cost of damage was unknown. The canopy was the only damage in the area. No tree damage was reported. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
August 2022FloodCampville-Alachua county 911 call center received a call reporting street flooding, estimated 6 inches of running water, 10-20 feet wide stream. A Flood warning was in effect.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindCampville-A large tree was blown down over County Road 1474 near the U.S. Highway 301 intersection. Location is just south of Orange Heights. The time of damage was based on radar.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindCampville-Trees were blown down about 3 miles north of Hawthorne along County Road 219A.

Every storm recorded in Alachua 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
Beckhamtown2.3 miles12
Rex2.7 miles12
Windsor3.8 miles13
Orange Heights3.8 miles13
Grove Park4.9 miles12
Hawthorne5.4 miles12
Earleton5.4 miles12
Santa Fe Beach6.0 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295173. 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.