Steinhatchee, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Perry South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32359. It stands on Steinhatchee River. The Survey maps it on the Steinhatchee quadrangle. 1,049 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Steinhatchee
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 1 record
- Mittendorf Houselisted 2021
Population over time
2 figuresSteinhatchee grew from 1,047 to 1,049 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,047 | |
| 2020 | 1,049 | +2 (+0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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
- 1954 USGS Steinhatchee quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Cross City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
274 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Steinhatchee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,447 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 56 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 56 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 September 1999 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | DIXIE CAMP MAINLINE #2 (15) |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CEDAR (15) |
| 19 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 391 AVE (15) |
| 14 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MADDIE'S MARKET (62) |
| 14 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 902 STREET (15) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steinhatchee in 13 storm reports between 1993 and 2021: 4 flash flood, 3 flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Flood | Steinhatchee | $513,000 | A multi-day, significant flooding event occurred in the Steinhatchee area. A 5 day rainfall total of 31.79 inches was measured by a personal weather station in the Steinhatchee area. A total of 48 homes received minor water damage with an additional 15 homes receiving major water damage. A curfew was in place for Steinhatchee during the overnight hours. The county estimated that the damage to homes was around $513,000 in southeast Taylor county. |
| August 2015 | Flood | Steinhatchee | $173,500 | Flash flooding transitioned to a long duration of areal flooding across southeastern Taylor county. Water was slow to recede due to around 10 inches of rain falling in a couple of days. Water affected numerous roadways and homes in the area. The emergency manager estimated property damage at $173,500. |
| September 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Steinhatchee | $50,000 | A waterspout moved onshore and caused minor damage to several homes, as well as downed trees and power lines. Reported by the Taylor County EMA. |
| November 2002 | Lightning | Steinhatchee | $50,000 | Lightning destroyed the top floor of a two-story wood-frame house. Reported by the Perry News Herald. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steinhatchee | $5,000 | At least three trees fell on power lines. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steinhatchee | $2,000 | Downed trees on power lines. Reported by the Taylor County Sheriff. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Steinhatchee | - | Flash flooding of roads occurred in Steinhatchee with water approaching a few homes. |
| August 2019 | Flash Flood | Steinhatchee | - | Significant flash flooding occurred in Steinhatchee with several inches of rain falling in just a few hours, on top of over 20 inches of rain that had already occurred over the past couple of days. Social media pictures confirmed the flooding, and a curfew was in place for Steinhatchee for the overnight hours due to the flooding. |
| August 2015 | Flash Flood | Steinhatchee | - | Significant flash flooding occurred with intense rainfall rates. Some cars were submerged, water was up to a few feet deep over roadways including Highway 51, and water affected some homes. Some pictures were posted on social media. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Steinhatchee | - | Some roads had water across them in Steinhatchee, including 5th Ave North and 1st Ave West. |
| July 2013 | Flood | Steinhatchee | - | Minor flooding occurred along the Steinhatchee River near Northeast River Road with water in the yards of residences on the western bank of the Steinhatchee River in Taylor county. |
| August 1999 | Funnel Cloud | Steinhatchee | - | Taylor County S.O. deputy reported a funnel cloud at the mouth of the Steinhatchee River. |
| August 1993 | Hail | Steinhatchee | - | Marble-size hail fell. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dallus Creek Landing | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Tennille | 8.1 miles | 10 | |
| Clara | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Howell Place | 9.4 miles | 10 | |
| Fish Creek | 12.6 miles | 10 | |
| Salem | 15.0 miles | 10 | |
| Keaton Beach | 15.2 miles | 10 | |
| Carbur | 17.2 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Steinhatchee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7606887 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 291672. 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.
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.




