Hague, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the High Springs-Alachua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32615. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Alachua quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 27 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 Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Alachua quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
116 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Hague between 1992 and 2019, burning about 571 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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 | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 1999 | Natural | 45 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/112TH BLVD |
| 19 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WEISS(01) |
| 15 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/25TH TERRACE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 10,605 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 10,605 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hague between 1806 and 1975: 5,163 Fungi, 3,279 Animalia, 1,272 Protozoa, 766 Plantae, 75 Unrecorded, 49 Chromista, 1 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A CARR, A Chable & W McLane 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Astragalus L. | 1876 | Abraham P. Garber | |
![]() | Corallorrhiza Gagnebin | 1876 | Abraham P. Garber | |
![]() | Aulacomnium palustre (Hedw.) Schwägr. | 1883 | S. J. Knight | |
![]() | Ditrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe | 1806 | C. E. Faxon | |
![]() | Canthon pilularius (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1822 | F. W. Walker | Gainesville |
![]() | Ilex vomitoria Aiton | 1826 | A. P. Garber | |
![]() | Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood | 1842 | F Engel | |
![]() | Cryptotis parva (Say, 1823) | 1860 | A. Arata | Gainesville, 6 mi. NW |
![]() | Myotis austroriparius (Rhoads, 1897) | 1860 | unknown | Gainesville, 10 mi. W |
![]() | Podomys floridanus (Chapman, 1889) | 1860 | James Layne | Gainesville, 8 mi NW |
![]() | Bignonia capreolata L. | 1876 | A. P. Garber | |
| Bumelia microcarpa Small | 1876 | A. P. Garber |
All 10,605 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hague: 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alachua Co Public Works - Kirby Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| La Crosse Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | Surface |
Storms near this place
17 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hague in 17 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 heavy rain, 1 tornado, 1 hail. 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hague | $2,000 | Wind damage occurred to the Deerhaven Generating Station along NW 13th Street. Part of the tin roof was peeled off of the building at about 320 ft above MSL. The time of damage was based on radar The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hague | $1,000 | Alachua county 911 call center reported multiple trees were down along CR 231. Time was estimated by radar. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hague | $500 | A storm chaser relayed a photo and a video on social media that showed trees down along US-441. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hague | $500 | A tree was blown down which blocked both lanes of County Road 237. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the event to be included in StormData. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hague | $500 | A tree was blown down on NW 142nd Ave. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the event to be included in StormData. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Hague | - | A FAWN mesonet site in Alachua about 3 miles S of La Crosse measured 4.21 inches of rainfall in about 3 hours. |
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Hague | - | A mesonet site measured 7.20 inches of storm total rainfall. |
| June 2021 | Heavy Rain | Hague | - | A station in Gainesville measured 4.20 inches of rainfall over the past 6 hours. |
| June 2021 | Heavy Rain | Hague | - | A public weather station just north of Chantilly Acres and east of San Felasco Hammock Preserve measured storm total rainfall of 4.23 inches as of 5:15 pm. |
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | Hague | - | The 24 hr rainfall was 2.37 inches. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Hague | - | Daily storm total rainfall thus far for the day was 2.15 inches. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Hague | - | A rain gauge measured storm total rainfall of 2.07 inches. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hague | - | Power lines were blown down on NW 156th Ave. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hague | - | Wind damage occurred to the front and roof of a home. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hague | - | Wind damage was reported at 8223 NW 69th Ave. The time was based on radar imagery. |
| December 2007 | Tornado (EF1) | Hague | - | The EF1 path length was estimated at 3/4 mile and averaged about 200 yards wide. Maximum winds were estimated around 90-95 mph based on the damage survey. Numerous pine trees were snapped and a few were uprooted. A portion of a masonry brick wall on a small farm outbuilding was knocked over and the metal roof was ripped off and strewn across a field. A farm truck as flipped on its side near the outbuilding. Another house had a damaged carport, minor wall damage, a toppled TV antenna mast and many of the roof shingles were stripped. This location was along Northwest 93rd Avenue, northwest of Gainesville. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Hague | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alachua | 1.3 miles | 11 | |
| Burnetts Lake | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hainesworth | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Chantilly Acres | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Newnansville | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| La Crosse | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Northwood | 5.4 miles | 21 | |
| Wimberly Estates | 6.0 miles | 23 |
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 Hague | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16892028 | 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 283587. 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.















