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Centerville, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Northeast Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32309. The Survey maps it on the Bradfordville quadrangle. It stands 177 feet above sea level.

Centerville within Leon County

Then and now

1954 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Centerville, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Centerville, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

On record in Centerville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Centerville between 1992 and 2012, burning about 205 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 maintenance13
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Arson/incendiarism2
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
6 July 2007Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(37) UNPAVED RD FIRE
22 June 1993Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 June 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined16 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHORSESHOE 2 (37)
1 June 1996Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Service(37) PROCTOR ROAD FIRE
3 May 1992Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 May 2000Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leon County

Storms near this place

1 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Centerville in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
July 1995Thunderstorm WindCenterville-Leon County Sheriff's Office reported downed trees and power lines.

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
Bradfordville2.2 miles12
Felkel4.2 miles12
Peck4.6 miles12
Homestead Ridge4.9 miles12
Gardner5.3 miles15
Oak Knoll Estates5.3 miles13
Blocker5.6 miles13
Bridle Path Acres5.6 miles13

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 CentervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5060084The 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 295188. 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.

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.