Yankeetown, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Cedar Key-Yankeetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34498. It lies near Helverson Island. The Survey maps it on the Yankeetown quadrangle. 588 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Yankeetown
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 1 record
- Eugene Knotts Houselisted 2018
Population over time
2 figuresYankeetown grew from 502 to 588 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 | 502 | |
| 2020 | 588 | +86 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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 Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Yankeetown quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
200 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Yankeetown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,108 acres in total. 125 started naturally. 20 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 125 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2004 | Natural | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | PINK FIRE-0739 |
| 28 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LEVY - JIFFY LUBE FIRE |
| 17 September 1997 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PALM TREE (09) |
| 13 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 09/BARGE FIRE/0912 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Yankeetown: 3 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal River Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Gulf Coast Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gulf Rock, Inc. - Gulf Rock No. 1 Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| Holnam - Crystal River Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Independent Aggregates - Ind. Agg. Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yankeetown in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yankeetown | $20,000 | Levy County Emergency Management reported numerous trees down in Yankeetown, a couple of which fell partially on to houses. |
| March 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yankeetown | $15,000 | Trees were uprooted in Yankeetown and fell on at least one home and brought down power lines. |
| November 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yankeetown | $10,000 | Trees and powerlines were downed by wind north of Crackertown. |
| May 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Yankeetown | - | A large waterspout moved onshore at Hodges Island, then began to dissipate. Damage was limited to trees as the tornado was just north of roads and buildings in this rural area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crackertown | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Inglis | 2.5 miles | 12 | |
| Port Inglis | 3.4 miles | 11 | |
| Tidewater | 10.3 miles | 11 | |
| Beetree Ford | 14.3 miles | 11 | |
| Gulf Hammock | 15.4 miles | 10 | |
| Rosewood | 18.4 miles | 11 | |
| Cedar Key | 18.5 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 Yankeetown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2155971 | 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 293564. 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.




