Day, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Day census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32013. The Survey maps it on the Day quadrangle. 89 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 85 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 25 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:
Population over time
2 figuresDay fell from 116 to 89 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 116 | |
| 2020 | 89 | -27 (-23%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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 Day quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Day between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,048 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 7 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 burning | 26 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | HIGHWAY 53 HAY FIRE (34) |
| 6 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LOFTON RD (34) |
| 31 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PRISON (34) |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 34 - BREWER LAKE #347 |
| 11 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BOMBER RD (34) |
| 9 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 231ST ROAD (61) |
| 6 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Day: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dell Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Anderson Mining Corp. - Dowling Pond Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| White Constr. - Dowling Park | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
10 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Day in 10 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 wildfire, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Flood | Day | $856,000 | Areal flooding occurred across Lafayette county at the end of the month due to a combination of heavy rainfall and already saturated conditions. Many roads in the county sustained damage with damage estimated at $855,857. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Day | $75,000 | A F0 tornado briefly touched down at the HBCN Dairy on County Road 251. The barn was lifted nearly 30 feet off the ground. Its roof along with twisted metal and debris were strewn across the field. The feeding and milking barns were damaged. Reported by the Mayo Free Press. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Day | $1,000 | The Lafayette County Sheriff reported a few trees and power lines down. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Day | - | A tree was blown down near N County Road 53 and NW County Road 348. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Day | - | A few trees were blown down near NW County Road 251. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Day | - | A tree was blown down on Turlington Lane. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Day | - | A WCTV6 Tallahassee meteorologist reported golfball size hail covering the ground west of Dowling Park. |
| June 1998 | Wildfire | Day | - | Wildfires consumed 75 acres of timberland along the northeastern edge of the San Pedro Bay fire complex, about three miles west of Day. No homes were threatened. A local state of emergency was declared for Lafayette County on June 18. |
| February 1998 | Hail | Day | - | WTWC TV News 40 Tallahassee meteorologist reported golfball size hail accumulated 4" deep in Day. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Day | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayo Junction | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Chancey | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Buckville | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Townsend | 5.2 miles | 9 | |
| Peterson | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| Mayo | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Alton | 12.7 miles | 8 | |
| San Pedro Junction | 13.3 miles | 8 |
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 Day | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5800529 | 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 281348. 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.




