Suwannee Valley, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32055. It stands on Falling Creek. The Survey maps it on the White Springs East 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 9 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 Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS White Springs East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
258 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Suwannee Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 898 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 5 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 | 95 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 06-12-PILLSBURY FIRE-1242 |
| 29 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WOODPECKER (24-06) |
| 10 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 06-12- HUNTSVILLE FIRE-1253 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Suwannee Valley: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep Creek | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1960 | |
| White Springs Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1967 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winfield | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Springville | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Lacymark | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Deep Creek | 6.8 miles | 11 | |
| Five Points | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Greenfield | 7.8 miles | 11 | |
| Miltons Campground Number 1 | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Lake City | 8.4 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122595462 | 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 295658. 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.




