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Sanborn, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the West Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32358. It stands on Big Spring Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sanborn quadrangle. It stands 30 feet above sea level.

Sanborn within Wakulla County

Then and now

1945 to 1990

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sanborn, surveyed 1990
Topographic sheet of Sanborn, surveyed 1945

Compare 1945 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Sanborn between 1992 and 2019, burning about 28,024 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 25 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
Natural25
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Debris and open burning10
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
6 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaHITCHCOCK
15 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaWOOD LAKE
5 August 2011Natural43 acresNational Forests in FloridaTHOUSAND
31 August 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2005Natural10 acresNational Forests in FloridaKELLY
20 August 2006Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaALLIGATOR
16 August 2011Debris and open burning8.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaBOUNDARY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wakulla County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sanborn: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Langwood Ind. - Hwy 67 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Wakulla County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sanborn in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 2 heavy rain, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
December 2022Tornado (EF1)Sanborn$50,000An EF1 tornado touched down west of Sopchoppy and moved across Smith Creek Road, damaging a residential home. The home sustained roof damage, and a stand of several mature pine trees was snapped half way up. The tornado then moved to the northeast across Smith Creek Road before lifting in a nearby wooded area. Peak winds are estimated to be 90 mph.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSanborn$1,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage along Smith Creek Road northwest of Sopchoppy.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindSanborn-Wunderground station KFLSOPCH16 measured a wind gust of 73 mph.
June 2012Heavy RainSanborn-A storm total rainfall of 28.78 inches fell during Tropical Storm Debby. A 7 inch rain gauge overflowed 4 times.
June 2012Heavy RainSanborn-A storm total rainfall of 26.23 inches fell during Tropical Storm Debby.

Every storm recorded in Wakulla 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
Curtis Mill6.0 miles13
Oak Park6.1 miles14
Sopchoppy6.2 miles14
Ashmore7.2 miles14
Smith Creek8.1 miles14
Buckhorn8.1 miles14
Panacea Park11.3 miles14
Surf11.4 miles17

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.

Wikidata item Q131469021The 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 306341. 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.

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.