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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.

Waukeenah within Jefferson County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Waukeenah, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Waukeenah, surveyed 1954

Population over time

2 figures

Waukeenah 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.

YearPeople Change
2010272
2020259-13 (-5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

114 since 1992

Regional 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 burning41
Railroad operations and maintenance30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2013Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSANCTUARY RD (33)
9 August 1993Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 June 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(33) WACISSA SPRINGS FIRE
23 June 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 June 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWAUKEENAH (33)
19 June 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dot Tallahassee - Wacissa MineClayUnknown
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

25 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2000Tornado (F0)Waukeenah$50,000Two mobile homes were damaged by a brief F0 tornado. Reported by the Jefferson County EMA.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah$5,000Numerous trees were blown down with widespread power outages.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah$5,000Several trees and power lines were blown down across the county.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah$2,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah$2,000A tree was blown down on a power line on Cherry Tree Road close to Highway 27. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2010Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah$1,500A few trees were blown down in central Jefferson county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah$1,000Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage along St Augustine Road.
February 2015Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah$1,000A large pine tree was blown down in the Waukeenah area.
February 2013Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah$1,000Two trees were blown down. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah$1,000A tree was blown down a power line on County Road 259. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2003Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah$1,000Several downed trees at the intersection of Highway 259 and Armstrong Road. Reported by the Jefferson County Sheriff.
July 1998Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah$1,000no account filed
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah-A tree was blown down.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah-A tree blew down and partially blocked Cherry Tree Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah-A tree was blown down on a house on Birdwell Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah-Trees were blown down along Old Buzbee Road.
March 2022Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah-A tree was blown down onto Waukeenah Highway.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah-A tree was blown down near North Barbara Hill and Highway 27 blocking both lanes.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah-A tree was blown down onto Watermill Road.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah-A tree was blown down in the southbound lane near W Capps Highway and St Augustine Road.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah-Debris blocked Highway 27 east of Highway 59.
August 2016Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah-A tree was blown down in Waukeenah.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah-Trees were blown down around Waukeenah.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWaukeenah-A tree was blown down onto Cherry Tree Road.
August 2012Heavy RainWaukeenah-The broadcast media relayed a viewer report of 3.75 inches of rain in Waukeenah.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Capps2.2 miles9
Thomas City4.0 miles9
Wacissa4.1 miles9
Nash4.4 miles9
Hatchcakamocha (historical)4.8 miles9
Wacissa (historical)5.4 miles9
Limestone5.7 miles12
Lloyd5.8 miles12

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 WaukeenahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7975145The 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.