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Wellborn, Florida

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the McAlpin-Wellborn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32094. The Survey maps it on the Wellborn quadrangle. It stands 190 feet above sea level.

Wellborn within Suwannee County

Then and now

1954 to 1981

The 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 sheet of Wellborn, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Wellborn, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

235 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Wellborn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 973 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 3 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 burning73
Railroad operations and maintenance61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use31
Natural18
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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
7 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceTHREE (61)
7 September 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest Service27TH RD (61)
3 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCR137 SOUTH (61)
15 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Suwannee County

Storms near this place

30 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wellborn in 30 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 19 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 3 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
March 2007Tornado (EF0)Wellborn$10,000Suwannee Valley Electric Company reported tornado touchdown. A garage was heavily damaged; trees were blown down on power lines, and a lot of debris in the area.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindWellborn$2,000Large trees and power lines were blown down.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindWellborn$1,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindWellborn$1,000Suwannee county 911 call center reported a tree was down blocking lanes along 138th ST. Time was estimated by radar.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindWellborn$1,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down. The time of damage of based on radar imagery. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWellborn$500A tree was blown down along County Road 252 near 51st Street. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
July 1999Thunderstorm WindWellborn$500Large trees were blown down.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWellborn$500Large trees were blown down.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindWellborn$200Multiple trees were blown along 12th Ave. Hail of unknown size was also reported. Cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindWellborn-Trees were blown down and across U.S. Highway 90 west of Wellborn.
December 2021Thunderstorm WindWellborn-A tree was blown down in Wellborn.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindWellborn-A tree was blown down near the intersection of County Road 137 and Hogan Road. The time of the event was based on radar.
December 2020Thunderstorm WindWellborn-A tree was blown down onto a home which caused major damage. Injuries were not reported.
July 2019Heavy RainWellborn-The public measured 6.04 inches of rain since noon under training bands of rain. Four inches of rain was measured in one hour.
July 2019FloodWellborn-Flood water was over portions of County Road 137 south of Wellborn. Depth of the water was not reported.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindWellborn-Trees and power lines were blown down along County Roads 136 and 137 in the NE portion of the county. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWellborn-A tree was blown down near County Road 137.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindWellborn-Strong winds blew an older single wide mobile home over onto its side and damaged the structure, an older barn was damaged by a fallen oak tree, a large oak tree was snapped at a thick root stem, parts of a metal roof were lofted into tree tops, damaged occurred to a carport roof and frame, and many trees were damaged. ||The EM that conducted the survey estimated winds of 90-98 mph. These winds were adjusted downward for StormData based on other wind speed measurement with this event.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindWellborn-Trees were blown down near County Road 136.
August 2015HailWellborn-About 15 minutes of nickel size hail was reported south of Wellborn.
August 2015HailWellborn-Nickel to quarter size hail lasted about 15-20 minutes in Wellborn.
March 2013HailWellborn-Golf ball size hail was reported in Wellborn.
January 2010Thunderstorm WindWellborn-Several trees were blown down along Highway 90 east of Wellborn.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindWellborn-Suwannee County fire rescue received reports of trees blown down in Wellborn.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindWellborn-Numerous trees were blown down in the Wellborn area.
March 2008Tornado (EF0)Wellborn-Emergency Management received reports of trees down and an old shed blow into the trees off County Road 137. This report was received by emergency management at 1002 a.m. EST. The mesocyclone which spawned this tornado was tracked through Taylor and Lafayette counties and later spanned tornadoes in Columbia, Baker, Charlton, and Nassau counties.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Wellborn-Hurricane "Frances"NWS employee reported F0 tornado damage along interstate 10 near the exit for Wellborn. Trees were snapped on both sides of the road.
May 2006HailWellborn-no account filed
January 1999HailWellborn-no account filed
July 1997HailWellborn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Suwannee 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
Houston4.7 miles8
Pouchers Corner5.8 miles9
Padlock7.8 miles9
Pine Mount8.6 miles9
McAlpin9.5 miles9
Live Oak9.8 miles8
Slade10.4 miles8
Rixford11.4 miles8

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 WellbornAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7981184The 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 293018. 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.