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.
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 7 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
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wellborn quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
235 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 73 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | THREE (61) |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 27TH RD (61) |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CR137 SOUTH (61) |
| 15 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
30 since 1997Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Wellborn | $10,000 | Suwannee 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | $2,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | $1,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | $1,000 | Suwannee county 911 call center reported a tree was down blocking lanes along 138th ST. Time was estimated by radar. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | $1,000 | Numerous 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | $500 | A 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | $500 | Large trees were blown down. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | $500 | Large trees were blown down. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | $200 | Multiple 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | - | Trees were blown down and across U.S. Highway 90 west of Wellborn. |
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | - | A tree was blown down in Wellborn. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | - | 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | - | A tree was blown down onto a home which caused major damage. Injuries were not reported. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Wellborn | - | 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 2019 | Flood | Wellborn | - | Flood water was over portions of County Road 137 south of Wellborn. Depth of the water was not reported. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | - | 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | - | A tree was blown down near County Road 137. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | - | 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 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | - | Trees were blown down near County Road 136. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Wellborn | - | About 15 minutes of nickel size hail was reported south of Wellborn. |
| August 2015 | Hail | Wellborn | - | Nickel to quarter size hail lasted about 15-20 minutes in Wellborn. |
| March 2013 | Hail | Wellborn | - | Golf ball size hail was reported in Wellborn. |
| January 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | - | Several trees were blown down along Highway 90 east of Wellborn. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | - | Suwannee County fire rescue received reports of trees blown down in Wellborn. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | - | Numerous trees were blown down in the Wellborn area. |
| March 2008 | Tornado (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 2004 | Tornado (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 2006 | Hail | Wellborn | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Wellborn | - | no account filed |
| July 1997 | Hail | Wellborn | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Pouchers Corner | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Padlock | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Mount | 8.6 miles | 9 | |
| McAlpin | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Live Oak | 9.8 miles | 8 | |
| Slade | 10.4 miles | 8 | |
| Rixford | 11.4 miles | 8 |
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 Wellborn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7981184 | 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 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.




