Ellerbee, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Raiford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32083. The Survey maps it on the Raiford quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1918 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1918 USGS Lawtey quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Raiford quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
188 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Ellerbee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,137 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 25 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 03-04-NW 261ST FIRE-1302 |
| 19 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2007 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03-04-LITTLE PINE FIRE-1165 |
| 9 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ANDERSON RD (63) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellerbee in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellerbee | $200 | Union county EM reported a large tree fell across SR 121. The time of damage was estimated by radar. The cost was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellerbee | - | Multiple trees were blown down. |
| March 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellerbee | - | Multiple trees were blown down along County Road 229 in NE Union County. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Ellerbee | - | Trees were blown down along State Highway 121. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raiford | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Johnstown | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Butler | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Cliftonville | 10.7 miles | 8 | |
| Danville | 11.4 miles | 9 | |
| Guilford | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Brown | 14.0 miles | 8 | |
| Dukes | 14.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300828. 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.





