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Havana, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Havana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32333. The Survey maps it on the Havana South quadrangle. 1,753 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 236 feet above sea level.

Havana within Gadsden County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Havana, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Havana, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

On record in Havana

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 3 records

Population over time

3 figures

Havana grew from 1,713 to 1,753 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20001,713
20101,754+41 (+2%)
20201,753-1 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Havana between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,388 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 burning55
Railroad operations and maintenance42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
7 September 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCONCORD RD (20)
30 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDANNIBELL RD (20) NOV
30 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGLADE RD (20)-0590
21 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSCOTT DRIVE (20)
14 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLANGSTON LANE (20) 2011-04-0453

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gadsden County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Havana: 3 past producers, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hinson Fla.ClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Jamieson Fla.ClayPast ProducerMontmorillonite, Attapulgite
Havana Clay MineFullers EarthPast Producer
Havana MillFullers EarthPlant
Milwhite, Inc. - Gadsden County/Us27Fullers EarthUnknownClay

Every working recorded in Gadsden County

Storms near this place

13 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Havana in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 2 injuries. 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 1997LightningHavana1 killed, 2 hurtno account filed
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHavana$4,000Power lines were blown down in Havana.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindHavana$3,000A pine tree was snapped and a shed was damaged. Monetary damage was estimated.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindHavana$2,000A power line was blown down in the Havana area.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindHavana$2,000Havana P.D. reported some downed trees and power lines along CR 157. A power outage occurred at Wayside Farms.
June 2012Thunderstorm WindHavana$1,500Four trees were blown down by downburst winds in Havana. Monetary damage was estimated.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindHavana$1,000The Gadsden County EMA reported several trees down in and around Havana.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindHavana-A tree was blown down in Havana.
April 2023Tornado (EF0)Havana-A brief tornado touchdown occurred in Gadsden County along County Road 12A. Numerous pine trees were snapped and uprooted near the intersection of CR-12A and Leslie Lewis Road. A few other trees were uprooted before the tornado dissipated just west of Concord Road. This tornado was rated EF0 with max winds estimated at 80 mph.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindHavana-Downed trees were reported.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindHavana-A tree was blown down near Havana.
June 2014HailHavana-no account filed
May 1997HailHavana-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Gadsden 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
Hinson1.6 miles12
Rich Bay1.8 miles12
Freemont2.1 miles12
Jamieson3.3 miles12
Scotland3.4 miles12
Concord3.5 miles11
Gibson4.0 miles12
Florence4.2 miles12

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 HavanaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1967008The 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 283812. 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.

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.