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.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The 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.


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
Dudley FarmNational Historic Landmark · listed 2002
Newberry Historic Districtlisted 1987
Population over time
2 figuresNewberry 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,950 | |
| 2020 | 7,342 | +2,392 (+48%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
125 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 37 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BUMBLE FIRE/ GILCHRIST |
| 14 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | DAN'S BALER FIRE/ ALACHUA |
| 30 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/2008-08-0629 |
| 11 August 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 1992 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 July 1995 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 994 shownRegional 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 | Species | Year | Collected by | Where, as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Piezobria Forster, 1869 | 1882 | [Not Stated] | Archer |
![]() | Satronia tantilla Heinrich, 1926 | 1882 | [Not Stated] | Archer |
![]() | Xylonomus Gravenhorst, 1829 | 1882 | [Not Stated] | Archer |
![]() | Myotis austroriparius (Rhoads, 1897) | 1860 | unknown | Gainesville, 10 mi. W |
![]() | Agrotis malefida Guenée, 1852 | 1882 | Lugger, O. | Archer |
![]() | Aulonothroscus schwarzi Blanchard, 1917 | 1882 | M. Hubbard & Schwarz | Archer |
![]() | Elophila Hübner, 1822 | 1882 | A. Koebele | Archer |
![]() | Hylephila phyleus (Drury, 1773) | 1882 | not recorded | Archer |
![]() | Sigela penumbrata Hulst, 1896 | 1882 | Koebele | Archer |
![]() | Xylophanes tersa Linnaeus, 1771 | 1882 | not recorded | Archer |
![]() | Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 1885 | M. Martin | FLORIDA: Alachua County; Archer |
![]() | Butorides virescens (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1885 | M. Martin | FLORIDA: Alachua County; Archer |
All 994 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dickerson Fla. | Sand | Past Producer | ||
| Watson Construction, Inc. - Newberry Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Limerock Industries - Newberry Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Limestone Prod. | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Limestone Prod. | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Limestone Prod. (Haile) | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Limestone Products - Newberry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| White Constr. | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Haile Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Haile Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
29 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | 1 hurt | A 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | $1,000,000 | Thunderstorm 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 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | $8,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. Car damaged. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | $5,500 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | $2,500 | Large trees were blown down and a shed was damaged. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | $2,000 | Trees 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | $1,000 | Large 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | Wind gusts of 70 to 75 mph were measured about 2 miles southwest of Newberry. |
| June 2023 | Funnel Cloud | Newberry | - | A spotter reported a funnel cloud descending from a rotating wall cloud with a supercell. |
| May 2019 | Heavy Rain | Newberry | - | A Weather Underground site reported 2.94 inches of rainfall in 2 hrs and 40 minutes. |
| March 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | Numerous trees were blown down. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | A tree was blown down and blocked the road along CR 235. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | A tree was blown down an blocked the roadwayt at 21603 SW 46th Avenue. |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | A building suffered moderate damage at 10 NW 250th Street and a gas station canopy was toppled over. |
| June 2014 | Lightning | Newberry | - | One person was injured by a lightning strike at 2706 NW 245th Drive in Newberry. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | A large tree was blown down on County Road 235 and NW 22nd Avenue. |
| October 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | A tree was blown down. |
| July 2011 | Hail | Newberry | - | A deputy reported golf ball size hail at 23300 W Newberry Road. |
| February 2011 | Hail | Newberry | - | A spotter reported heavy penny size hail for 2 minutes on State Road 26 at the Alachua and Gilchrist county line. |
| April 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | Numerous trees were blown down along Highway 26 and Highway 90. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | A Gainesville television station reported 10 large trees were blown down across a field. The time of the event was based on radar. |
| October 2008 | Hail | Newberry | - | 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 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | Trees and power lines were blown down in the vicinity of Newberry. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Newberry | - | Numerous power lines were blown down in Newberry. |
| June 2015 | Hail | Newberry | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Heavy Rain | Newberry | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Newberry | - | no account filed |
| June 1999 | Hail | Newberry | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Hail | Newberry | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haile | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Half Moon | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Jonesville | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pinesville | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Wade | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Forest Grove | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Los Trancos Woods | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| Cadillac | 7.5 miles | 11 |
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 Newberry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1003844 | The 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.
















