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One of 64 National Register listings published here for Alachua County · listed in 2015 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. 7 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1938.
One of 64 National Register listings published here for Alachua County · listed in 2015 · category: Site.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 16 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Hawthorne Cemetery between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,284 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Natural | 33 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Fireworks | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/CAMPVILLE RD FIRE |
| 9 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/57TH AVE FIRE |
| 11 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/DOT FIRE |
| 3 August 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. Museums hold 1,131 specimens collected within 10 miles of Hawthorne Cemetery between 1895 and 1975: 585 Fungi, 446 Animalia, 53 Protozoa, 37 Plantae, 5 Unrecorded, 5 Chromista. 12 distinct Species records are shown. Collected by A. & L. Rhoads, A. A. Arata, A. S. Rhoads 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Sorosporium everhartii Ellis & Galloway | 1900 | Hume, H. Harold | Orange Heights |
![]() | Sphacelotheca nealii (Ellis & F.W.Anderson) G.P.Clinton | 1900 | H. Harold Hume | Orange Heights |
![]() | Egretta caerulea (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1895 | Frederick Davis | Neumaue Lake |
![]() | Egretta thula (Molina, 1782) | 1895 | Walker, C.D. | Windsor, Florida. |
![]() | Nycticorax violaceus violaceus Stotz et al., 1996 | 1895 | C.D. Walker | Windsor |
![]() | Acanthospermum australe (Loefl.) Kuntze | 1897 | J. H. Barnhart | |
| Phyllachora luteomaculata (Schwein.) Orton | 1900 | H. H. Hume | ||
![]() | Sphaeria Tode | 1900 | H. Harold Hume | Orange Heights |
![]() | Ustilago (Pers.) Roussel, 1806 | 1900 | H. H. Hume | |
![]() | Sphaerostilbe coccophila Tul. & C.Tul. | 1906 | Byler G. A. | Windsor |
![]() | Fusicladium effusum G.Winter | 1907 | Byles G. A. | Windsor, Alachua Co. |
![]() | Coragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) | 1909 | Charles S. Thompson | Lochloosa Lake |
All 1,131 specimens within 10 miles, at the Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Hawthorne Cemetery: 2 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crossley Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lakes Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Water, Free | Prospect | ||
| Eccle's Property Prospect | Kaolin | Prospect | ||
| Fry H.D.Prospect | Kaolin | Occurrence | ||
| Number Four Kaolin Mine | Kaolin | Past Producer |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawthorne, the town this property stands in, in 20 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 funnel cloud, 3 flood, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2009 | Lightning | Hawthorne | 1 hurt | A 10-year-old male was struck and injured by lightning in Hawthorne. He was hospitalized. |
| July 2014 | Flood | Hawthorne | $5,000 | Water was coming into some resident homes along U.S. Highway 301 and State Road 20 in Hawthorne. The cost of damage was unknown, but estimated for this event to be included in StormData. |
| June 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | $5,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| January 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | $3,000 | A media partner relayed a report from social media of an tree that was blown down onto a home in Hawthorne. The time of damage was based on radar imagery. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the inclusion of the event in storm data. |
| August 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | $2,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | $1,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| January 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | $1,000 | A tree was uprooted as a line of shower moved through Hawthorne. The cost of damage was estimated for the inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | $500 | Large tree were blown down. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | - | Trees were blown down along SE 57th Avenue and a trampoline was blown into a neighbor's yard. The time of damage was based on radar imagery. |
| August 2020 | Flood | Hawthorne | - | All lanes of State Road 20 were closed about a quarter mile east of State Road 21 toward Hawthorne due to flooding. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | - | Numerous reports of trees and power lines occurred in Hawthorne. The time of damage was estimated by radar. |
| August 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Hawthorne | - | A photo of a photo cloud was taken near Hawthorne. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | - | Multiple reports of trees down in Hawthorne. |
| September 2009 | Flood | Hawthorne | - | Law enforcement reported flooding in Hawthorne. Portions of Southeast Highway 301 near County Road 2028 had to be closed due to flooding. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | - | The Clay Electric Line Supervisor in Keystone Heights reported widespread thunderstorm wind damage to electric lines across eastern Alachua county including near the city of Hawthorne. Trees were blown down on power lines. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hawthorne | - | no account filed |
| September 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Hawthorne | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Hawthorne | - | no account filed |
| July 2000 | Funnel Cloud | Hawthorne | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Hawthorne | - | no account filed |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Neilson House | 7.6 miles | 1973 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000172 in Record Group 79. |
| Alachua County | All 64 listed properties in this county. |