Santa Fe, Florida
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the High Springs-Alachua census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32615. The Survey maps it on the Worthington Springs quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Worthington Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
134 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Santa Fe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 560 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 6 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 | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | THICK(01) |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA -4919 FIRE |
| 17 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/112TH BLVD |
| 22 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | RANCH CLUB/ALACHUA |
| 16 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | FARM(01) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,133 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,133 specimens collected within 10 miles of Santa Fe between 1873 and 1975: 623 Animalia, 331 Fungi, 120 Plantae, 26 Unrecorded, 17 Protozoa, 16 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gholson Jr., A. H. Smith, A. Martinez 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks. | 1896 | Edmon West | Gainesville |
| Animalia | 1873 | M. Roberts | Mouth of New R. (Aluchua/Bradford/Union Co. line) | |
| Aves | 1897 | not recorded | Alachua Co | |
![]() | Elsinoe fawcettii Bitanc. & Jenkins | 1907 | Rolfs | Alachua |
![]() | Fusicladium effusum G.Winter | 1908 | Fawcett? H. S. | Santa Fe |
![]() | Chrysops univittatus Macquart, 1855 | 1911 | W. D. Appel | Santa Fe |
![]() | Coleosporium elephantopodis Thüm., 1878 | 1915 | G. G. Hedgcock | Gainesville |
![]() | Coleosporium helianthi (Schwein.) Arthur | 1916 | G. G. Hedgcock | Gainesville |
![]() | Coleosporium heterothecae Hedgc. & N.R.Hunt | 1918 | Hedgcock G. G. | Worthington Springs |
![]() | Coleosporium ipomoeae (Schwein.) Burrill | 1918 | Hedgcock G. G. | Worthington Springs |
![]() | Coleosporium minutum (Hedgc.) Hedgc. & N.R.Hunt | 1918 | G. G. Hedgcock | Gainesville |
![]() | Cronartium fusiforme Peck ex Hedgc. & N.R.Hunt | 1918 | Hedgcock G. G. | Worthington Springs |
All 1,133 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Santa Fe: 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alachua Co Public Works - Kirby Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| La Crosse Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | Surface |
Storms near this place
11 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Fe in 11 storm reports between 1998 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Fe | $2,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Fe | $1,000 | A tree was reported down across the road at the intersection of NW CR 236 and N SR 121.Time was estimated by radar. Surrounding storms had recorded gusts of 41 and 43 mph. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Fe | - | Trees were reported down at the intersections of SW 119th Ave and SW 36th St and SW 102nd Ave and SW 36th Trail. Time was estimated by radar. |
| December 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Fe | - | A large pine tree was blown onto power lines at 9848 County Road 139 in Glen St. Mary. |
| December 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Fe | - | A tree fell down through a residence at 60 Milton Street. No injuries were reported. |
| August 2019 | Flood | Santa Fe | - | About 6 inches of flood water covered the access road to the Santa Fe River at Chastain-Seay Park near State Road 121. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Fe | - | Power outages due to down trees were reported in the Worthington Springs area. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | Nickel size hail was observed north of La Crosse on State Route 121. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | Golf ball size hail was reported SSW of Worthington Springs. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | Nickel size hail was reported north of La Crosse on State Route 121. |
| August 2006 | Hail | Santa Fe | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hasan | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| La Crosse | 3.1 miles | 11 | |
| Bland | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Hainesworth | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Newnansville | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Traxler | 5.9 miles | 12 | |
| Spring Hill | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Burnetts Lake | 7.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290652. 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.
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.














