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Newberry, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Newberry-Archer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32669. The Survey maps it on the Newberry quadrangle. 7,342 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 75 feet above sea level.

Newberry 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 Newberry, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Newberry, surveyed 1954

On record in Newberry

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Newberry grew from 4,950 to 7,342 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
20104,950
20207,342+2,392 (+48%)

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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Newberry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 815 acres in total. 7 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
Railroad operations and maintenance37
Debris and open burning32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2

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
15 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBUMBLE FIRE/ GILCHRIST
14 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDAN'S BALER FIRE/ ALACHUA
30 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/2008-08-0629
11 August 1992Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 July 1992Debris and open burning10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 July 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 July 1995Natural3.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance3.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alachua County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 994 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 994 specimens collected within 10 miles of Newberry between 1860 and 1975: 499 Animalia, 311 Fungi, 124 Plantae, 55 Protozoa, 5 Unrecorded. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A Chable & W McLane, A. Koebele 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 Piezobria Forster, 1869Piezobria Forster, 18691882[Not Stated]Archer
Specimen of Satronia tantilla Heinrich, 1926Satronia tantilla Heinrich, 19261882[Not Stated]Archer
Specimen of Xylonomus Gravenhorst, 1829Xylonomus Gravenhorst, 18291882[Not Stated]Archer
A photograph of the species Myotis austroriparius, not of this specimenMyotis austroriparius (Rhoads, 1897)1860unknownGainesville, 10 mi. W
A photograph of the species Agrotis malefida, not of this specimenAgrotis malefida Guenée, 18521882Lugger, O.Archer
A photograph of the species Aulonothroscus schwarzi, not of this specimenAulonothroscus schwarzi Blanchard, 19171882M. Hubbard & SchwarzArcher
A photograph of the species Elophila Hübner, not of this specimenElophila Hübner, 18221882A. KoebeleArcher
A photograph of the species Hylephila phyleus, not of this specimenHylephila phyleus (Drury, 1773)1882not recordedArcher
A photograph of the species Sigela penumbrata, not of this specimenSigela penumbrata Hulst, 18961882KoebeleArcher
A photograph of the species Xylophanes tersa, not of this specimenXylophanes tersa Linnaeus, 17711882not recordedArcher
A photograph of the species Agelaius phoeniceus, not of this specimenAgelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766)1885M. MartinFLORIDA: Alachua County; Archer
A photograph of the species Butorides virescens, not of this specimenButorides virescens (Linnaeus, 1758)1885M. MartinFLORIDA: Alachua County; Archer

All 994 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Newberry: 9 producers, 8 past producers, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Sand. 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
Dickerson Fla.SandPast Producer
Watson Construction, Inc. - Newberry MineSandUnknown
Limerock Industries - Newberry MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Prod.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Prod.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Prod. (Haile)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Limestone Products - NewberryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
White Constr.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Haile PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Haile QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Alachua County

Storms near this place

29 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Newberry in 29 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 18 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 heavy rain, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2014Thunderstorm WindNewberry1 hurtA possible tornado touchdown was reported near Newberry. Trees and power lines were blown down by storng wind gusts. One person was injured in an apartment complex.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindNewberry$1,000,000Thunderstorm wind knocked down powerlines onto CR-235 at the intersection of CR-235 and 5th Ave in Newberry. This led to the closure of CR-235 at this intersection.
June 2000Thunderstorm WindNewberry$8,000Large trees and power lines were blown down. Car damaged.
July 1996Thunderstorm WindNewberry$5,500no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindNewberry$2,500Large trees were blown down and a shed was damaged.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindNewberry$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down in Newberry. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindNewberry$1,000Large tree limbs and fence material were blown around by strong winds. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindNewberry-Wind gusts of 70 to 75 mph were measured about 2 miles southwest of Newberry.
June 2023Funnel CloudNewberry-A spotter reported a funnel cloud descending from a rotating wall cloud with a supercell.
May 2019Heavy RainNewberry-A Weather Underground site reported 2.94 inches of rainfall in 2 hrs and 40 minutes.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindNewberry-Numerous trees were blown down.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNewberry-A tree was blown down and blocked the road along CR 235.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindNewberry-A tree was blown down an blocked the roadwayt at 21603 SW 46th Avenue.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindNewberry-A building suffered moderate damage at 10 NW 250th Street and a gas station canopy was toppled over.
June 2014LightningNewberry-One person was injured by a lightning strike at 2706 NW 245th Drive in Newberry.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindNewberry-A large tree was blown down on County Road 235 and NW 22nd Avenue.
October 2012Thunderstorm WindNewberry-A tree was blown down.
July 2011HailNewberry-A deputy reported golf ball size hail at 23300 W Newberry Road.
February 2011HailNewberry-A spotter reported heavy penny size hail for 2 minutes on State Road 26 at the Alachua and Gilchrist county line.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindNewberry-Numerous trees were blown down along Highway 26 and Highway 90.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindNewberry-A Gainesville television station reported 10 large trees were blown down across a field. The time of the event was based on radar.
October 2008HailNewberry-A Kangaroo Express employee was traveling east of Newberry and experienced hail penny to pea size along County Road 235. The time of the event was based on radar.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindNewberry-Trees and power lines were blown down in the vicinity of Newberry.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindNewberry-Numerous power lines were blown down in Newberry.
June 2015HailNewberry-no account filed
August 2004Heavy RainNewberry-no account filed
June 2003HailNewberry-no account filed
June 1999HailNewberry-no account filed
August 1998HailNewberry-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
Haile3.5 miles11
Half Moon3.7 miles10
Jonesville4.4 miles11
Pinesville6.0 miles10
Wade6.6 miles11
Forest Grove6.7 miles11
Los Trancos Woods7.1 miles23
Cadillac7.5 miles11

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 NewberryAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1003844The 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 307635. 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.