BlockEllaville, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dowling Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32060. It stands on Dry Run. The Survey maps it on the Ellaville quadrangle.
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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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 Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Ellaville quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
203 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Ellaville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 819 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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 | 57 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 40 - THE SPOT FIRE - 0223 |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | STUMP FIRE (40) |
| 20 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ATKINSON FIRE #294 |
| 13 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WALKER PL (61) |
| 11 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 61-REGGAE FIRE-1129 |
| 5 August 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 16TH STREET (61) |
| 31 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellaville in 10 storm reports between 1994 and 2018: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Ellaville | $750,000 | The tornado touched down as an EF-0 in an open field just east of the Suwannee River and south of the Progress Energy power plant. It increased to intensity becoming a low end EF-1 tornado several hundred feet down track where it impacted several farm buildings and mobile homes. Several small farm structures were destroyed and winds here we estimated to be between 86 and 90 mph. The tornado continued moving northeastward as an EF-0 snapping trees along its path near the entrance to the Suwannee River State Park and along Stagecoach Road. It then went through a wooded area emerging along West Tower Road where it began the occlusion process. The rear flank downdraft heavily damaged two chicken houses with a loss of about a quarter million dollars. At this point the tornado took a northward turn toward the Jenkins Farm house destroying a large work shed with heavy machinery and damaging the home. The tornado was rated as an EF-1 here with winds of 95 to 100 mph. Debris from the shed was strewn across the field north of the Jenkins Farm house to Stagecoach Road. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $5,000 | Several trees down in the Suwannee River State Park with some down in the campground area. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $2,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $2,000 | Mobile home damaged. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | $500 | A tree and power line were blown down on 16th Street. The time was based on radar, and the cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | - | Suwannee River State Park official reported several large tree limbs were blown down. The time of the event is based on radar. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | - | The Florida Highway Patrol reported that a tree was blown down across the road 6884 Southwest State Road 751 in Jasper. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Ellaville | - | Emergency Management reported drainage basins and streams near bank full countywide. |
| July 2007 | Heavy Rain | Ellaville | - | A spotter about 2 miles south of Suwannee River State Park measured 5.10 inches of rainfall from 645 pm to 815 pm local time. |
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellaville | - | Wind gust of 58 mph measured at Ellaville Power and Light. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falmouth | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Dickert | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| Fort Union | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Newburn | 7.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mercer | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Starr | 8.3 miles | 9 | |
| Lancaster | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Dowling Park | 10.1 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294754. 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.