Wannee, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32619. The Survey maps it on the Wannee 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 Wannee quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
191 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Wannee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 654 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 14 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 | 51 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HAINLINE (15) |
| 30 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2009-08-0604GILCHRIST |
| 24 August 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TRADING POST (15) |
| 19 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 15 - STUMP FIRE #0442 |
| 6 July 1998 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 1996 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Wannee: 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert's Roy Field Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Pit | 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wannee in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2019: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2019 | Hail | Wannee | - | Hart Springs Park employee reported quarter size hail. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wannee | - | Multiple trees were blown down near Hart Springs Park. |
| February 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wannee | - | A large tree limb was blown down onto power lines which knocked out power for a small neighborhood near Wanna Conservation Area. Time estimated by radar. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curtis | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Bell | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Blitchville | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Mutual | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Harvard | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Wilcox Junction | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Wilcox | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Lottieville | 7.7 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294966. 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.
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.




