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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.

Rochelle within Alachua County

Then and now

1938 to 1981

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Rochelle, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Rochelle, surveyed 1938

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

138 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use23
Railroad operations and maintenance20
Debris and open burning15
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking1
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
30 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1994Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2011Natural243 acresFlorida Forest ServicePAYNES PRAIRIE(01)
31 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2017Natural22 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBEE TREE RD (01)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alachua County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 18,730 shown

Regional 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 1841Xylocopa micans Lepeletier, 18411847not recordedGainesville
Specimen of Hypericum suffruticosum P.B.Adams & N.RobsonHypericum suffruticosum P.B.Adams & N.Robson1876Abram Paschal GarberGainesville
Specimen of Poria alabamae (Berk. & Cooke) CookePoria alabamae (Berk. & Cooke) Cooke1887CalkinsFlorida
A photograph of the species Ditrichum pallidum, not of this specimenDitrichum pallidum (Hedw.) Hampe1806C. E. Faxon
A photograph of the species Canthon pilularius, not of this specimenCanthon pilularius (Linnaeus, 1758)1822F. W. WalkerGainesville
A photograph of the species Ilex vomitoria, not of this specimenIlex vomitoria Aiton1826A. P. Garber
A photograph of the species Geomys pinetis, not of this specimenGeomys pinetis Rafinesque, 18171860James LayneGainesville
A photograph of the species Myotis Kaup, not of this specimenMyotis Kaup, 18291860Harley B. ShermanGainesville
A photograph of the species Utricularia subulata, not of this specimenUtricularia subulata L.1873C. E. FaxonGainesville
A photograph of the species Asclepias humistrata, not of this specimenAsclepias humistrata Walter1876A. P. GarberGainesville
A photograph of the species Bignonia capreolata, not of this specimenBignonia capreolata L.1876A. P. Garber
Bumelia microcarpa Small1876A. P. Garber

All 18,730 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2013Thunderstorm WindRochelle$3,000Trees 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 2013Thunderstorm WindRochelle$1,000Trees 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 2022Thunderstorm WindRochelle-A tree was blown down along County Road 234. The time of the damage was based on radar.
December 2019Thunderstorm WindRochelle-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 2012Flash FloodRochelle-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 2010Thunderstorm WindRochelle-A tree was blown down across Highway 20 across the street from the Tackle Box store.
July 2003HailRochelle-Along highway 20 near Newnans Lake.
July 1999HailRochelle-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
Phifer1.6 miles12
Grove Park3.4 miles12
Green Grove3.7 miles21
Kreftwood Estates3.7 miles21
Windsor3.8 miles13
Newnans Lake Homesites3.9 miles13
Kincaid Hills4.3 miles21
Lakeview Estates4.4 miles21

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 RochelleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7353866The 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.