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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.

Hague within Alachua County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The 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 sheet of Hague, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Hague, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

116 since 1992

Regional 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Equipment and vehicle use12
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1997Smokingunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 1999Natural45 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/112TH BLVD
19 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWEISS(01)
15 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/25TH TERRACE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alachua County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 10,605 shown

Regional 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Astragalus L.Astragalus L.1876Abraham P. Garber
Specimen of Corallorrhiza GagnebinCorallorrhiza Gagnebin1876Abraham P. Garber
Specimen of Aulacomnium palustre (Hedw.) Schwägr.Aulacomnium palustre (Hedw.) Schwägr.1883S. J. Knight
A photograph of the species Ditrichum pallidum, not of this specimenDitrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe1806C. E. Faxon
A photograph of the species Canthon pilularius, not of this specimenCanthon pilularius (Linnaeus, 1758)1822F. W. WalkerGainesville
A photograph of the species Ilex vomitoria, not of this specimenIlex vomitoria Aiton1826A. P. Garber
A photograph of the species Ctenium aromaticum, not of this specimenCtenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood1842F Engel
A photograph of the species Cryptotis parva, not of this specimenCryptotis parva (Say, 1823)1860A. ArataGainesville, 6 mi. NW
A photograph of the species Myotis austroriparius, not of this specimenMyotis austroriparius (Rhoads, 1897)1860unknownGainesville, 10 mi. W
A photograph of the species Podomys floridanus, not of this specimenPodomys floridanus (Chapman, 1889)1860James LayneGainesville, 8 mi NW
A photograph of the species Bignonia capreolata, not of this specimenBignonia capreolata L.1876A. P. Garber
Bumelia microcarpa Small1876A. P. Garber

All 10,605 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alachua Co Public Works - Kirby MineSandUnknown
La Crosse DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspectSurface

Every working recorded in Alachua County

Storms near this place

17 since 2007

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2024Thunderstorm WindHague$2,000Wind 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 2022Thunderstorm WindHague$1,000Alachua county 911 call center reported multiple trees were down along CR 231. Time was estimated by radar.
July 2025Thunderstorm WindHague$500A 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 2016Thunderstorm WindHague$500A 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 2016Thunderstorm WindHague$500A 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 2024Heavy RainHague-A FAWN mesonet site in Alachua about 3 miles S of La Crosse measured 4.21 inches of rainfall in about 3 hours.
July 2021Heavy RainHague-A mesonet site measured 7.20 inches of storm total rainfall.
June 2021Heavy RainHague-A station in Gainesville measured 4.20 inches of rainfall over the past 6 hours.
June 2021Heavy RainHague-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 2019Heavy RainHague-The 24 hr rainfall was 2.37 inches.
July 2019Heavy RainHague-Daily storm total rainfall thus far for the day was 2.15 inches.
July 2019Heavy RainHague-A rain gauge measured storm total rainfall of 2.07 inches.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHague-Power lines were blown down on NW 156th Ave.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindHague-Wind damage occurred to the front and roof of a home. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindHague-Wind damage was reported at 8223 NW 69th Ave. The time was based on radar imagery.
December 2007Tornado (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 2015HailHague-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Alachua County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Alachua1.3 miles11
Burnetts Lake3.2 miles11
Hainesworth3.6 miles11
Chantilly Acres3.9 miles23
Newnansville3.9 miles11
La Crosse5.1 miles11
Northwood5.4 miles21
Wimberly Estates6.0 miles23

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 HagueAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16892028The 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.