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Capitola, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32317. It stands on Washington Crossing Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lloyd quadrangle. 247 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 125 feet above sea level.

Capitola within Leon County

Then and now

1954 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Capitola, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Capitola, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Capitola between 1992 and 2018, burning about 455 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 maintenance20
Debris and open burning19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use4
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
26 September 2017Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHOOT OWL LOOP (37)
14 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2013Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSANCTUARY RD (33)
5 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 July 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 June 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 June 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 June 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leon 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 Capitola: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Leon Co Board of Comm. - Leon County #1 MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Leon County

Storms near this place

14 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Capitola in 14 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 12 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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
March 2008Tornado (EF1)Capitola1 hurt, $750,000A tornado touched down just west of Capitola near Capitola and Baum Roads, and downed trees and power lines. It then traveled northeast across Capitola and severely damaged eight homes on Whitehouse and Capitola Roads. One person was injured and transported to a local hospital. Downed trees and power lines closed Whitehouse Road at Eva Road, Bucklake Road at Epping Forest Road, Dayflower Circle at Blackberry Lane, and Jefferson Road at Roalde Road. Several homes were damaged with downed trees and power lines on Turkey Roost Road just north of Interstate 10. The tornado lifted just northeast of Wadesboro near Wadesboro Road.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCapitola$25,000Several sheds were damaged. Some trees and power lines were down.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCapitola$25,000Several sheds were damaged near Eva Lane and Capitola Tram Road. Some trees and power lines were down.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindCapitola$5,000A car crashed into a downed tree on Bucklake Road at Chaires Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindCapitola$5,000There were downed trees, power lines and a traffic light on Baum Road.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindCapitola$3,000Trees were blown down along Chaires Crossroads east of downtown Tallahassee. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindCapitola$2,000Power lines were blown down on the 11000 Block of Eva Road.
June 2010Thunderstorm WindCapitola$500A tree was blown down at the intersection of Buck Lake Road and Baum Road. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindCapitola-A tree was blown down at Buck Lake Road and Green Hill Trace.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindCapitola-A tree approximately 14 inches in diameter was blown down near Whitehouse Road and Mamie Lane.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindCapitola-A tree was blown down at 1925 Benjamin Chaires.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindCapitola-A tree was blown down blocking both lanes at Buck Lake and Baum Roads.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindCapitola-A tree was blown down on Corby Ct blocking the entire road.
March 2008Funnel CloudCapitola-A funnel cloud was sighted by the public.

Every storm recorded in Leon 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
Chaires1.9 miles12
Gardner3.4 miles15
Homestead Ridge3.9 miles12
Wadesboro3.9 miles12
Black Creek3.9 miles12
Baum4.4 miles12
Peck6.1 miles12
Lafayette7.0 miles15

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 CapitolaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5035967The 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 280012. 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.