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Middleburg, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Middleburg-Clay Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32068. It stands on Dillaberry Branch. The Survey maps it on the Middleburg quadrangle. 12,881 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 33 feet above sea level.

Middleburg within Clay County

Then and now

1918 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Middleburg, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Middleburg, surveyed 1918

On record in Middleburg

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 7 records

Population over time

2 figures

Middleburg fell from 13,008 to 12,881 between 2010 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
201013,008
202012,881-127 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

394 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 394 fires within 5 miles of Middleburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,982 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 49 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
Railroad operations and maintenance116
Debris and open burning83
Arson/incendiarism49
Misuse of fire by a minor41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use34
Natural25
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
3 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 1996Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 1999Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 1999Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2014Natural36 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLUE JAY 2 (10)
7 July 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMINK ROAD FIRE 2004-07-0235

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Middleburg: 5 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Hole No 19 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 22 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 24 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 42 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 53 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Middleburg Clay PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clay County

Storms near this place

45 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Middleburg in 45 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 25 thunderstorm wind, 15 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. 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
October 1996Flash FloodMiddleburg$50,000no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$20,000Store damaged.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Middleburg. 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 2000Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$3,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2001Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$2,000Power lines were blown down on Scenic Drive. The cost of damage was estimated so that the damage could be included in Storm Data. The time of the damage was based on radar.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$2,000A large tree was blown down onto a home along State Road 21 near the North Fork of Black Creek. Damage cost estimated.
December 2002Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$2,000Red Oaks 24 inches in diameter downed, broken off 4 feet above the ground. Black Creek area.
January 1996Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$2,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$2,000no account filed
May 1995Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg$1,500Power lines blown down in Middleburg. Large satellite dishes moved in Green Cove Springs.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg-Multiple reports of trees and power blown down due to winds were relayed to county dispatch.
August 2022Heavy RainMiddleburg-A personal weather station KFLMIDDL158 via wunderground reported 3.81 inches. The rain began around 250 pm.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg-Power lines, a transformer and trees were blown down at 161 Peppermint Avenue. The road was closed due to trees blocking the roadway.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg-Trees were blown down on power lines in the Clay Hill area.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg-Trees were reported blown down along Long Bay Road in Middleburg. The time was based on radar imagery.
April 2011HailMiddleburg-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported by the public west of Middleburg. Localized flooding was also reported.
January 2010Funnel CloudMiddleburg-A spotter reported a funnel cloud with a loud roaring sound as it passed over his location on the south end of the Jennings State Forest. He could hear tree branches and trunks breaking.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg-Numerous pine trees were blown down on Falcon Run Lane. The time of the event was based on radar.
June 2009Heavy RainMiddleburg-A spotter estimated 3 inches of rainfall in an hour at Blanding Boulevard and Knightbox Road between Middleburg and Orange Park. Sea size hail and minor street flooding were also reported.
March 1995HailMiddleburg-Dime-size hail. School buses reported that hail reduced visibility.
May 2006Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg-no account filed
May 2006HailMiddleburg-no account filed
May 2006HailMiddleburg-no account filed
March 2005Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg-no account filed
July 2004LightningMiddleburg-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg-no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg-no account filed
April 2002HailMiddleburg-no account filed
July 2002HailMiddleburg-no account filed
July 2002HailMiddleburg-no account filed
August 2001HailMiddleburg-no account filed
August 2001HailMiddleburg-no account filed
May 2000HailMiddleburg-no account filed
May 2000HailMiddleburg-no account filed
July 2000HailMiddleburg-no account filed
January 1998HailMiddleburg-no account filed
July 1998Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg-no account filed
June 1996HailMiddleburg-no account filed
June 1996HailMiddleburg-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindMiddleburg-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clay 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
Black Creek (historical)2.3 miles21
Rattlesnake Bend2.4 miles21
Asbury Lake2.5 miles21
Rideout2.8 miles21
Doctors Inlet5.0 miles21
Solite (historical)5.3 miles21
Peoria Siding5.5 miles21
Clay Hill5.6 miles21

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 MiddleburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2271504The 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 286819. 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.