Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1890.
From the record
“The Micanopy Historic District is a U.S. historic district located in Micanopy, Florida. It encompasses approximately 470 acres (1.9 km2), roughly bounded by Cholokka Boulevard from US 441 to Ocala Street and Smith Street West to Okehumkee Street.”
Wikipedia article Micanopy Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 64 National Register listings published here for Alachua County · listed in 1983 · category: District.
National Register reference number.83003512- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1890 to 1954
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18901954
Fires near this property
55 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Micanopy Historic District
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,162 acres in total. 15 started naturally. None was 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
15
Natural
15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
10
Railroad operations and maintenance
5
Power generation/transmission/distribution
4
Equipment and vehicle use
3
Recreation and ceremony
2
Other causes
1
The most recent of
them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service
that recorded it.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. Museums hold 4,355 specimens
collected within 10 miles of Micanopy Historic District between 1878 and 1975: 3,584 Animalia, 579 Fungi, 108 Protozoa, 60 Plantae, 17 Chromista, 7 Unrecorded.
12 distinct Species records are shown.
Collected by A S Rhoads, A. Carr, A. L. Welden 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.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Micanopy, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1994 and 2019: 16 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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.
The State Watch Office relayed a report from Alachua County 911 of widespread tree and power line damage near Micanopy including along 11300 SE County Road 243 and Wacahoota Road. Possible tornado damage.
A 27 year old state park ranger died when a tree fell through the roof of his vehicle at Pudgy Road during a thunderstorm in Paines Prairie State Park. He had stopped his car due to a downed tree crossing the road. A Significant Weather Alert was issued at 130 EDT which highlight wind gusts of 45-55 mph with possible minor damage.
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.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
Specimens. Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), https://www.gbif.org/. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY are used. Records licensed CC BY-NC are excluded because this site carries advertising. Images are checked individually and any whose licence is non-commercial, no-derivatives or unreadable is refused.
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.
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