Wade, Florida
11 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 32643. The Survey maps it on the Newberry 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 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
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Wade between 1992 and 2020, burning about 996 acres in total. 8 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 | 45 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/WOODPECKER |
| 30 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/2008-08-0629 |
| 19 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2005-08-0498/GILCHRIST |
| 12 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/CHICKEN PEN |
| 6 July 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 2015 | Natural | 35 acres | Florida Forest Service | MT. PLEASANT (01) |
| 19 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2010-08-0481/ALACHUA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Specimens collected near this place
12 of 983 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 983 specimens collected within 10 miles of Wade between 1860 and 1975: 557 Animalia, 241 Fungi, 93 Plantae, 52 Protozoa, 25 Unrecorded, 15 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. Gholson Jr., A. Martinez, A.J. Sharp 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 |
![]() | Myotis austroriparius (Rhoads, 1897) | 1860 | unknown | Gainesville, 10 mi. W |
| Aves | 1897 | not recorded | Alachua Co | |
![]() | Chordodes puerilis Montgomery, 1898 | 1906 | E. Anderson | High Springs |
![]() | Pilophorus nasicus Knight, 1926 | 1911 | W. Davis | Newberry |
![]() | 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 |
![]() | Cyanocitta cristata cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1917 | Collector(s): Marsden Treutlen Cleckley | High Springs |
![]() | Diospyros virginiana L. | 1917 | J. K. Small | 12 miles west of Gainesville |
![]() | Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1917 | Simpson, J J | High Springs |
All 983 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Wade: 5 past producers, 4 producers. 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Prod. | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Limestone Products - Newberry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Limestone Products - Newberry West | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Buda Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Haile Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buda | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Forest Grove | 2.0 miles | 11 | |
| Clark | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Arno | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Haile | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cadillac | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| High Springs | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Newberry | 6.6 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295692. 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.















