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.
Then and now
1954 to 1999The 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.


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.
Pisgah United Methodist Churchlisted 1974 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 12 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 Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Bradfordville quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Bradfordville quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Bradfordville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (37) UNPAVED RD FIRE |
| 22 June 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Florida Forest Service | HORSESHOE 2 (37) |
| 1 June 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | (37) PROCTOR ROAD FIRE |
| 3 May 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 May 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Centerville | - | Leon County Sheriff's Office reported downed trees and power lines. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradfordville | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Felkel | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Peck | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Homestead Ridge | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Gardner | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Knoll Estates | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Blocker | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bridle Path Acres | 5.6 miles | 13 |
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 Centerville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5060084 | 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 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.







