Waukeenah, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Wacissa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32344. The Survey maps it on the Waukeenah quadrangle. 259 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 195 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresWaukeenah fell from 272 to 259 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 | 272 | |
| 2020 | 259 | -13 (-5%) |
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
- 1955 USGS Waukeenah quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
114 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Waukeenah between 1992 and 2020, burning about 360 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 | 41 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SANCTUARY RD (33) |
| 9 August 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (33) WACISSA SPRINGS FIRE |
| 23 June 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WAUKEENAH (33) |
| 19 June 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 Waukeenah: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Tallahassee - Wacissa Mine | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
25 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Waukeenah in 25 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 23 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Waukeenah | $50,000 | Two mobile homes were damaged by a brief F0 tornado. Reported by the Jefferson County EMA. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down with widespread power outages. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | $5,000 | Several trees and power lines were blown down across the county. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | $2,000 | Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | $2,000 | A tree was blown down on a power line on Cherry Tree Road close to Highway 27. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| July 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | $1,500 | A few trees were blown down in central Jefferson county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | $1,000 | Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage along St Augustine Road. |
| February 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | $1,000 | A large pine tree was blown down in the Waukeenah area. |
| February 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | $1,000 | Two trees were blown down. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | $1,000 | A tree was blown down a power line on County Road 259. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | $1,000 | Several downed trees at the intersection of Highway 259 and Armstrong Road. Reported by the Jefferson County Sheriff. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | $1,000 | no account filed |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | - | A tree was blown down. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | - | A tree blew down and partially blocked Cherry Tree Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | - | A tree was blown down on a house on Birdwell Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | - | Trees were blown down along Old Buzbee Road. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | - | A tree was blown down onto Waukeenah Highway. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | - | A tree was blown down near North Barbara Hill and Highway 27 blocking both lanes. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | - | A tree was blown down onto Watermill Road. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | - | A tree was blown down in the southbound lane near W Capps Highway and St Augustine Road. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | - | Debris blocked Highway 27 east of Highway 59. |
| August 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | - | A tree was blown down in Waukeenah. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | - | Trees were blown down around Waukeenah. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Waukeenah | - | A tree was blown down onto Cherry Tree Road. |
| August 2012 | Heavy Rain | Waukeenah | - | The broadcast media relayed a viewer report of 3.75 inches of rain in Waukeenah. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capps | 2.2 miles | 9 | |
| Thomas City | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Wacissa | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Nash | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Hatchcakamocha (historical) | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Wacissa (historical) | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Limestone | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Lloyd | 5.8 miles | 12 |
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 Waukeenah | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7975145 | 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 294191. 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.




