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Wakulla Springs, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32327. The Survey maps it on the Crawfordville East quadrangle.

Wakulla Springs within Wakulla County

Then and now

1940 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wakulla Springs, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Wakulla Springs, surveyed 1940

Compare 1940 against another survey:

On record in Wakulla Springs

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 14 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

172 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Wakulla Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,414 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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 burning76
Railroad operations and maintenance31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural5
Other causes3
Smoking1
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
6 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDIXIE DR-(65)
20 August 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(65) TIMMONS FIRE
9 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaIVAN
14 July 1995Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 June 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWHITE FENCE (65)
25 June 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service(65) FERRELL ROAD FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wakulla County

Storms near this place

14 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wakulla Springs in 14 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 11 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2026Thunderstorm WindWakulla Springs$2,000Debris blew into power lines and resulted in a power outage.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindWakulla Springs$2,000Fallen trees and limbs resulted in a power outage via the Duke Energy Outage map.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindWakulla Springs$2,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage.
November 2018Thunderstorm WindWakulla Springs$2,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage to 225 customers in the Wakulla Springs area as reported by Duke Energy.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWakulla Springs$1,000A tree was blown down near the intersection of Wakulla Arran Rd and Spring Creek Highway near Crawfordville. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindWakulla Springs-A tree was blown down on Highway 267 by the Slough Bridge.
January 2023Thunderstorm WindWakulla Springs-A tree was blown down at the intersection of Bloxham Cutoff and Wakulla Springs Highway.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindWakulla Springs-Numerous trees were blown down.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWakulla Springs-A tree was blown down along Highway 267 east of Wakulla Springs Road.
February 2016Thunderstorm WindWakulla Springs-Trees were blown down on Highway 267 north of Highway 98.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindWakulla Springs-Two trees were blown down on Shadeville Road.
March 2013HailWakulla Springs-Quarter size hail was reported via WCTV's facebook page.
June 2012Heavy RainWakulla Springs-A storm total rainfall of 18.79 inches fell during Tropical Storm Debby.
January 2010HailWakulla Springs-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wakulla 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
Wasupa (historical)1.2 miles14
Bethel1.6 miles17
Shadeville2.4 miles14
Ivan3.1 miles14
Wakulla Gardens3.9 miles14
Wakulla3.9 miles14
Vereen4.4 miles14
Hyde Park5.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306552. 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.