Providence, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Worthington Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32054. The Survey maps it on the Ellisville quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1994The 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.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Ellisville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Ellisville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
226 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Providence between 1992 and 2020, burning about 835 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 15 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 burning | 67 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03-63-NOV/MAILMAN FIRE-1137 |
| 17 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SOUTHBOUND WRECK (12) |
| 11 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2016 | Natural | 13 acres | Florida Forest Service | POUNDS HAMMOCK (12) |
| 9 July 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.6 acres | Florida Forest Service | 06-12-POUNDS HAMMOCK 2 FIRE |
| 8 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 06-12-MYRTIS RD FIRE-1117 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Providence in 14 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | $50,000 | no account filed |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | $20,000 | Suwannee county 911 call center reported a tree fell onto a power line which then caused the power line pole to fall onto a residence at 4555 west state road 238. Fire rescue responded and there were no injuries or structure fire. The time of damage was based on radar imagery. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | $20,000 | Roof blown off mobile home. Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| March 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | $15,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. Two mobile homes damaged. More than one half of the county was without power. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Providence | $4,500 | Weak FO tornado. Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | $500 | A tree was blown down onto a power line near the intersection of SW County Road 245 and SW 44th Avenue. 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. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | $200 | A tree was blown down near S curve. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | - | A tree was blown down near NW County Road 241 and NW 49th Lane. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | - | A tree was blown down onto a powerline near SW 31st Lane and West State Road 238. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | - | A tree was blown down near SW 44th Avenue and State Road 238. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | - | Photos were shared by the county EM which included a shed destroyed by winds, snapped trees and large tree branches down near the intersection of NW County Road 241 and East County Road 240. The time of damage was based on radar data. |
| August 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Providence | - | The tornado produced EF1 tornado damage at 7:40 PM as it touched down |south of State road 238 by snapping the tree trunk of a large hardwood |tree. The tornado proceeded northwestward to a homes along Southwest |85th Path, overturning a travel trailer, knocking down a wooden fence, |and uprooting another hardwood tree. The tornado's last impact was |tearing off the roof of a shed along southwest 85th Path before it |lifted. The tornado was on the ground for about 1 minute and was on |the ground a distance of just under a quarter of a mile. The Tornado |had a maximum width of about 20 yards and had maximum winds up to 93 |mph. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Providence | - | A large tree was blown down near County Road 241 and State Road 238. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| March 2000 | Hail | Providence | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Browns Still | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Miller | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Brown | 6.4 miles | 8 | |
| Dukes | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Guilford | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Worthington Springs | 8.3 miles | 8 | |
| Cliftonville | 8.7 miles | 8 | |
| Dana | 9.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289341. 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.
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.





