White Springs, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the White Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32096. The Survey maps it on the White Springs West quadrangle. 740 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 112 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.


On record in White Springs
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Johns Houselisted 1998
White Springs Historic Districtlisted 1997
Population over time
3 figuresWhite Springs fell from 819 to 740 between 2000 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 819 | |
| 2010 | 777 | -42 (-5%) |
| 2020 | 740 | -37 (-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
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS White Springs West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of White Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,354 acres in total. 26 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 | 71 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 40 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 100TH WAY (24-06) |
| 18 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WOODPECKER (24-06) |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 61-MATTRESS FIRE-0962 |
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 White Springs: 1 plant, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Springs Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1967 | |
| White Springs Phos-Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant |
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Springs in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Springs | $500 | Sheriff's office reported power lines down near White Springs. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Facil | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Long Branch | 4.6 miles | 9 | |
| Genoa | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Purvis Still | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Camps Still | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Blacks Still | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Belmont | 11.6 miles | 9 | |
| Marion | 12.6 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 White Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2036752 | 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 293230. 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.




