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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.

Santa Clara within Gadsden County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Santa Clara, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Santa Clara, surveyed 1954

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.

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

118 since 1992

Regional 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 burning40
Railroad operations and maintenance33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1
Natural1

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
4 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(20) KUDZU FIRE
13 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 2007Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(20) 272 FIRE
8 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gadsden County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gadsden Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - Post Plant Road Pit MineSandUnknown
Floridin Company PitFullers Earth, ClayPast Producer
Oil-Dri - Fletcher-Mcginnis MineFullers EarthUnknownClay
Quincy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Quincy PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gadsden Co. Bd. of Co. Comm. - St. Hebron MineClayUnknown
Gasden County MinesClayProducer
Gasden MineClayProducer

Every working recorded in Gadsden County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2012Thunderstorm WindSanta Clara$2,000The Gadsden county dispatch reported trees down on Strong Road and Blue Star Highway. Monetary damage was estimated.

Every storm recorded in Gadsden 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
Quincy1.1 miles13
Attapulgas (historical)2.3 miles13
Littman2.6 miles13
Shady Rest4.0 miles12
Florence4.3 miles12
Douglas City4.3 miles14
Ohathlockhouchy (historical)5.4 miles12
Gretna5.7 miles14

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.