Stephens House

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Stephens House between 1992 and 2020, burning about 783 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 4 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Every fire recorded in Alachua County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,870 specimens collected within 10 miles of Stephens House between 1842 and 1975: 945 Animalia, 720 Fungi, 116 Plantae, 43 Protozoa, 30 Unrecorded, 16 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A W Chapman, A. Gholson Jr., A. Broce and others. Each is a physical object with a catalogue number, and each entry opens the museum's record. This is what was collected and kept, not a survey of what lives here - nothing can be concluded from a species being absent.

Image	Species	Year	Collected by	Where, as recorded
	Coleosporium carneum (Bosc) H.S.Jacks.	1896	Edmon West	Gainesville
	Ctenium aromaticum (Walter) Alph.Wood	1842	F Engel
	Podomys floridanus (Chapman, 1889)	1860	James Layne	Gainesville, 8 mi NW
	Animalia	1873	M. Roberts	Mouth of New R. (Aluchua/Bradford/Union Co. line)
	Paspalum praecox Walter	1889	unknown
	Rottboellia campestris Nutt.	1889	A W Chapman
	Aves	1897	not recorded	Alachua Co
	Chordodes puerilis Montgomery, 1898	1906	E. Anderson	High Springs
	Elsinoe fawcettii Bitanc. & Jenkins	1907	Rolfs	Alachua
	Fusicladium effusum G.Winter	1908	Fawcett? H. S.	Santa Fe
	Chrysops univittatus Macquart, 1855	1911	W. D. Appel	Santa Fe
	Stereum complicatum (Fr.) Fr.	1914	Conway	Gainesville, San Falasco Hammock,10 miles NW of Gainesville; On hardwood

All 1,870 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Stephens House: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Alachua County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alachua, the town this property stands in, in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 18 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 lightning. 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.

Every storm recorded in Alachua County

United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.

• 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
• 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
• 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
• 1966 USGS Alachua quadrangle1:24000 - 4 printings
• 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph	Property	Distance	Listed
	City of Alachua Downtown Historic District	3.2 miles	2000
	High Springs Historic District	6.3 miles	1991