Spring Hill, Florida
12 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. It stands on Spring Hill. The Survey maps it on the High 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 12 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
- 1962 USGS High Springs quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
141 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 141 fires within 5 miles of Spring Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 794 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/HILLSIDE |
| 24 August 1993 | 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 |
| 31 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 630 |
| 19 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2010-08-0481/ALACHUA |
| 1 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/173RD. STREET FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 1,517 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,517 specimens collected within 10 miles of Spring Hill between 1860 and 1975: 701 Animalia, 631 Fungi, 116 Plantae, 28 Unrecorded, 25 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 |
![]() | Podomys floridanus (Chapman, 1889) | 1860 | James Layne | Gainesville, 8 mi NW |
| Animalia | 1873 | M. Roberts | Mouth of New R. (Aluchua/Bradford/Union Co. line) | |
| Aves | 1897 | not recorded | Alachua Co | |
![]() | Chordodes puerilis Montgomery, 1898 | 1906 | E. Anderson | High Springs |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Stereum complicatum (Fr.) Fr. | 1914 | Conway | Gainesville, San Falasco Hammock,10 miles NW of Gainesville; On hardwood |
![]() | Coleosporium elephantopodis Thüm., 1878 | 1915 | G. G. Hedgcock | Gainesville |
![]() | Coleosporium helianthi (Schwein.) Arthur | 1916 | G. G. Hedgcock | Gainesville |
![]() | Grus canadensis pratensis F.A.A.Meyer, 1794 | 1916 | J. J. Simpson | High Springs, near |
All 1,517 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 Spring Hill: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Springs Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| North Fla. Limerock - High Sprgs | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
4 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Hill in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Hill | - | A large tree was blown down and blocked NW 190th Avenue in High Springs. The time of damage was based on radar data. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Hill | - | A large tree fell across CR 235A blocking both lanes near the intersection with NW 178th Ave. Photo was taken by Alachua Police. Time was estimated by radar. |
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | Spring Hill | - | A public station measured 3.06 inches of rainfall in the past 90 minutes. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Hill | - | A large tree was blown down near the intersection of NW 190th Avenue and NW 184th Terrace. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Traxler | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Newnansville | 3.2 miles | 11 | |
| High Springs | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| San Francisco Potano (historical) | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Burnetts Lake | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Arno | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hainesworth | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Bland | 5.0 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295641. 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.














