Rochelle, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Micanopy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32641. The Survey maps it on the Rochelle quadrangle.
Then and now
1938 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1938 against another survey:
On record in Rochelle
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 1 record
Rochelle Schoollisted 1973
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1938 USGS Hawthorn quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Hawthorn quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Rochelle quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Rochelle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,206 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 1994 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2011 | Natural | 243 acres | Florida Forest Service | PAYNES PRAIRIE(01) |
| 31 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 1993 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2017 | Natural | 22 acres | Florida Forest Service | BEE TREE RD (01) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 18,730 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 18,730 specimens collected within 10 miles of Rochelle between 1806 and 1975: 8,330 Animalia, 8,262 Fungi, 1,061 Protozoa, 839 Plantae, 136 Chromista, 100 Unrecorded, 2 Bacteria. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by ?, A B GROBMAN, A CARR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 1841 | 1847 | not recorded | Gainesville |
![]() | Hypericum suffruticosum P.B.Adams & N.Robson | 1876 | Abram Paschal Garber | Gainesville |
![]() | Poria alabamae (Berk. & Cooke) Cooke | 1887 | Calkins | Florida |
![]() | Ditrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe | 1806 | C. E. Faxon | |
![]() | Canthon pilularius (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1822 | F. W. Walker | Gainesville |
![]() | Ilex vomitoria Aiton | 1826 | A. P. Garber | |
![]() | Geomys pinetis Rafinesque, 1817 | 1860 | James Layne | Gainesville |
![]() | Myotis Kaup, 1829 | 1860 | Harley B. Sherman | Gainesville |
![]() | Utricularia subulata L. | 1873 | C. E. Faxon | Gainesville |
![]() | Asclepias humistrata Walter | 1876 | A. P. Garber | Gainesville |
![]() | Bignonia capreolata L. | 1876 | A. P. Garber | |
| Bumelia microcarpa Small | 1876 | A. P. Garber |
All 18,730 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rochelle in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $3,000 | Trees were blown down at SE County Road 2082 and County Road 234. One tree hit a bridge on County Road 234 and the road was closed until the bridge was inspected and considered safe for travel. The cost of damage was estimated for event inclusion in Storm Data. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | $1,000 | Trees were blown down on Southeast County Road 234. The road was closed to the tree debris. The time of the event was based on radar. The cost of damage/debris removal was estimated for inclusion in Storm Data. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | - | A tree was blown down along County Road 234. The time of the damage was based on radar. |
| December 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | - | State Watch office relayed report of major tree and power line damage along County Road 234 between Micanopy and Rochelle. A tornado touchdown was confirmed just south of this damage area at Lake Waubug. |
| June 2012 | Flash Flood | Rochelle | - | Flood waters were reported to be three feet deep in the 2400 Block of Southwest 31st Place near the Phoenix Apartments with vehicles stranded in the floodwaters. other flooding was reported around the county with sinkholes also opening on Tuesday evening. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rochelle | - | A tree was blown down across Highway 20 across the street from the Tackle Box store. |
| July 2003 | Hail | Rochelle | - | Along highway 20 near Newnans Lake. |
| July 1999 | Hail | Rochelle | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phifer | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Grove Park | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Green Grove | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Kreftwood Estates | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Windsor | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Newnans Lake Homesites | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Kincaid Hills | 4.3 miles | 21 | |
| Lakeview Estates | 4.4 miles | 21 |
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 Rochelle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7353866 | 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 294907. 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.
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.

















