Earleton, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Waldo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32631. The Survey maps it on the Melrose quadrangle.
Then and now
1938 to 1981The 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.


Compare 1938 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1938 USGS Hawthorn quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Hawthorn quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Melrose quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
230 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Earleton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,581 acres in total. 45 started naturally. 22 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 | 50 |
| Natural | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2006 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/CESTER-FINDER FIRE |
| 27 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/DOCK FIRE |
| 17 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/1471 BLUEBERRY FIRE |
| 17 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PUTNAM/BALL FIELD FIRE |
| 7 August 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2020 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SINKHOLE (01) |
| 5 August 2020 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | 1708 (01) |
| 4 August 1994 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,109 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,109 specimens collected within 10 miles of Earleton between 1850 and 1975: 500 Fungi, 499 Animalia, 54 Plantae, 39 Protozoa, 10 Chromista, 7 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. A. Arata, A. Laessle, A. S. 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Periconia pycnospora Fresen. | 1899 | von Noszky, H. | Earleton, Fla. [Florida] |
![]() | Sorosporium everhartii Ellis & Galloway | 1900 | Hume, H. Harold | Orange Heights |
![]() | Sphacelotheca nealii (Ellis & F.W.Anderson) G.P.Clinton | 1900 | H. Harold Hume | Orange Heights |
![]() | Burmannia biflora L. | 1850 | H Gillman | |
![]() | Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood | 1850 | H Gillman | |
![]() | Cyperus croceus Vahl | 1850 | H Gillman | |
![]() | Cyperus lecontei Torr. ex Steud. | 1850 | H Gillman | |
![]() | Cyperus retrorsus Chapm. | 1850 | H Gillman | |
![]() | Fimbristylis vahlii (Lam.) Link | 1850 | H Gillman | |
![]() | Hypericum myrtifolium Lam. | 1850 | H Gillman | |
![]() | Saccharum alopecuroides (L.) Nutt. | 1850 | H Gillman | |
![]() | Sida acuta Burm.fil. | 1850 | H Gillman |
All 1,109 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Earleton: 1 past producer. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campville Brick Co Deposit | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Earleton in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2019: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 2019 | Heavy Rain | Earleton | - | An observer near Santa Fe lake measured daily storm total rainfall of 2.68 inches. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Earleton | - | Clay Electric reported power lines and trees were blown down just west of Melrose. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Fe Beach | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Shenks | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Orange Heights | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Alto Estates | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Waldo | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Campville | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Beckhamtown | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Rex | 7.8 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294372. 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.


















