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New River, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Brooker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32622. The Survey maps it on the Brooker quadrangle.

New River within Bradford 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 New River, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of New River, 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

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of New River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,344 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 17 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
Natural28
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism17
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
4 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service186TH PLACE (63)
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service168TH (04)
20 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service161 ST (04)
18 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2013Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSR 100 (63)
1 September 1997Natural49 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2006Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Service03-63- 237 FIRE -1250

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bradford County

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 New River: 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Uranium, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum. 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
Brooker-DukesPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumProspect1960
Container CorporationPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, AluminumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Bradford County

Storms near this place

19 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New River in 19 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 heavy rain, 2 hail, 1 tornado. 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
January 2010Tornado (EF1)New River$3,500,000An EF1 tornado touched down around 1322 pm EST in Bradford county. The path width varied from 200 to 400 yards, and the path length was around 9 to possibly 10 miles. Numerous outbuildings were damaged and destroyed. There was mostly minor damage to substantial structures. At least a dozen homes were damaged along County Road 229. There were 25 homes that suffered minor damage and 28 that had major damage. A total of 23 houses were destroyed. The emergency manager estimated $2.5 to $3 million dollars in damages to homes and about $500,000 in damages to out buildings. The tornado traveled just north of due east and lifted in western Clay County were the path may have gone over the Camp Blanding National Guard Auxiliary.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindNew River$1,000A tree was blown down onto a power line on NW 93rd Place. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindNew River-Trees were blown down across personal property. The time of damage was based on radar.
March 2021Heavy RainNew River-A station measured 2.59 inches since midnight.
March 2021Heavy RainNew River-A station measured 3.21 inches since midnight.
March 2021Heavy RainNew River-A COOP observer measured 4.61 inches of rainfall since midnight 2 miles NE of New River.
July 2021Heavy RainNew River-An observer measured 3.71 inches of storm total rainfall.
June 2021HailNew River-A spotter reported quarter size hail near New River.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindNew River-A tree was blown down near the intersection of NW County Road 229 and County Road 229A. The time of the event was based on radar.
June 2018Heavy RainNew River-A spotter measured 2.27 along County Road 235 in 1.5 hrs.
August 2015Thunderstorm WindNew River-A tree was blown down along SW 144th Avenue. The time of damage was based on radar.
May 2014HailNew River-A spotter observed penny size hail.
September 2011Heavy RainNew River-Reported rainfall of 6.47 inches at the New River Tower in a 6 hour period. Most of the rain fell in a 3 hour period just before midnight.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindNew River-Several trees and power lines were blown down. Power outages were reported at the Sante Fe Community College.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindNew River-Trees were blown down along NW County Road 229. The time was based on radar.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindNew River-A tree was blown down near the intersection of County Road 235 and Southwest 161st Street. The time of the event was based on radar.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNew River-A tree was blown down on 101st Southwest Avenue and the Fire Department had to remove it.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindNew River-Several trees were blown down onto power lines along County Road 229A, about six miles northwest of Starke.
February 2006Thunderstorm WindNew River-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bradford 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
Clayno3.9 miles11
Sampson4.3 miles16
Brooker6.1 miles11
Pleasant Grove6.5 miles16
Heilbronn7.3 miles13
Graham7.4 miles15
Hampton Beach8.1 miles15
Starke8.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295488. 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.