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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.

Santa Fe within Alachua County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The 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 sheet of Santa Fe, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Santa Fe, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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

134 since 1992

Regional 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 burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTHICK(01)
18 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA -4919 FIRE
17 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceALACHUA/112TH BLVD
22 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceRANCH CLUB/ALACHUA
16 August 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFARM(01)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alachua County

Specimens collected near this place

12 of 1,133 shown

Regional 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 SpeciesYear Collected by Where, as recorded
Specimen of Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.1896Edmon WestGainesville
Animalia1873M. RobertsMouth of New R. (Aluchua/Bradford/Union Co. line)
Aves1897not recordedAlachua Co
A photograph of the species Elsinoe fawcettii, not of this specimenElsinoe fawcettii Bitanc. & Jenkins1907RolfsAlachua
A photograph of the species Fusicladium effusum, not of this specimenFusicladium effusum G.Winter1908Fawcett? H. S.Santa Fe
A photograph of the species Chrysops univittatus, not of this specimenChrysops univittatus Macquart, 18551911W. D. AppelSanta Fe
A photograph of the species Coleosporium elephantopodis, not of this specimenColeosporium elephantopodis Thüm., 18781915G. G. HedgcockGainesville
A photograph of the species Coleosporium helianthi, not of this specimenColeosporium helianthi (Schwein.) Arthur1916G. G. HedgcockGainesville
A photograph of the species Coleosporium heterothecae, not of this specimenColeosporium heterothecae Hedgc. & N.R.Hunt1918Hedgcock G. G.Worthington Springs
A photograph of the species Coleosporium ipomoeae, not of this specimenColeosporium ipomoeae (Schwein.) Burrill1918Hedgcock G. G.Worthington Springs
A photograph of the species Coleosporium minutum, not of this specimenColeosporium minutum (Hedgc.) Hedgc. & N.R.Hunt1918G. G. HedgcockGainesville
A photograph of the species Cronartium fusiforme, not of this specimenCronartium fusiforme Peck ex Hedgc. & N.R.Hunt1918Hedgcock 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 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alachua Co Public Works - Kirby MineSandUnknown
La Crosse DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspectSurface

Every working recorded in Alachua County

Storms near this place

11 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1998Thunderstorm WindSanta Fe$2,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindSanta Fe$1,000A 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 2026Thunderstorm WindSanta 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 2020Thunderstorm WindSanta Fe-A large pine tree was blown onto power lines at 9848 County Road 139 in Glen St. Mary.
December 2020Thunderstorm WindSanta Fe-A tree fell down through a residence at 60 Milton Street. No injuries were reported.
August 2019FloodSanta 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 2013Thunderstorm WindSanta Fe-Power outages due to down trees were reported in the Worthington Springs area.
June 2011HailSanta Fe-Nickel size hail was observed north of La Crosse on State Route 121.
June 2011HailSanta Fe-Golf ball size hail was reported SSW of Worthington Springs.
June 2011HailSanta Fe-Nickel size hail was reported north of La Crosse on State Route 121.
August 2006HailSanta Fe-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
Hasan1.8 miles11
La Crosse3.1 miles11
Bland3.9 miles8
Hainesworth4.5 miles11
Newnansville5.7 miles11
Traxler5.9 miles12
Spring Hill6.3 miles12
Burnetts Lake7.1 miles11

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.