Santa Clara, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Quincy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32351. It stands on Tanyard Branch. The Survey maps it on the Quincy 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:
On record in Santa Clara
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 within a mile 5 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
John Lee McFarlin Houselisted 1974 · 0.8 miles away
Stockton-Curry Houselisted 1974 · 0.8 miles away
E. B. Shelfer Houselisted 1975 · 0.9 miles away
Judge P. W. White Houselisted 1972 · 1.0 miles away
Quincy Historic Districtlisted 1978 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Quincy quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Santa Clara between 1992 and 2019, burning about 594 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 40 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (20) KUDZU FIRE |
| 13 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 2007 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (20) 272 FIRE |
| 8 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Santa Clara: 3 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fullers Earth, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gadsden Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - Post Plant Road Pit Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Floridin Company Pit | Fullers Earth, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Oil-Dri - Fletcher-Mcginnis Mine | Fullers Earth | Unknown | Clay | |
| Quincy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Quincy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gadsden Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - St. Hebron Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Gasden County Mines | Clay | Producer | ||
| Gasden Mine | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Clara in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Clara | $2,000 | The Gadsden county dispatch reported trees down on Strong Road and Blue Star Highway. Monetary damage was estimated. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quincy | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Attapulgas (historical) | 2.3 miles | 13 | |
| Littman | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Shady Rest | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Florence | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Douglas City | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Ohathlockhouchy (historical) | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Gretna | 5.7 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290650. 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.







