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Marion County, Florida

161 topographic sheets cover 114 settlements here, and 32 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

32 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Florida within the United States
Marion County within Florida
Explore by year 1883 1887

What the record shows

  • 1,688 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 32 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 22 buildings and 10 districts.
  • 2 of the 32 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 114 populated places in this county; 114 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

32

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
Armstrong Housebuilding200000000638
Alfred Ayer Housebuilding199393000590
Thomas R. Ayer Housebuilding199393000588
Belleview Schoolbuilding199999000372
Gen. Robert Bullock Housebuilding199393000589
Carr Family Cabinbuilding2017100000683
Citra Methodist Episcopal Church-Southbuilding199898000177
Coca-Cola Bottling Plantbuilding197979000682
Dunnellon Boomtown Historic Districtdistrict198888002807
East Hallbuilding199595000924
Federal Building, United States Post Office, and Court Housebuilding2022100008120
Robert W. Ferguson Housebuilding199595000288
Fessenden Academy Historic District, Olddistrict199494001141
James Riley Josselyn Housebuilding199393000591
Kerr City Historic Districtdistrict199595001150
Lake Lillian Neighborhood Historic Districtdistrict199999001012
Lake Weir Yacht Clubbuilding199393000319
Marion Hotelbuilding198080000955
McIntosh Historic Districtdistrict198383003550
Morgan-Townsend Housebuilding201313000794
Mount Zion A.M.E. Churchbuilding197979000683
Ocala Historic Commercial Districtdistrict199999000656
Ocala Historic Districtdistrict198484000912
Ocala Union Stationbuilding199797001557
Orange Springs Methodist Episcopal Church and Cemeterybuilding198888002805
T. W. Randall Housebuilding199595000289
Ritz Apartment, Thebuilding198686001722
Silver Springsdistrict2019100004353
E. C. Smith Housebuilding199090000806
James W. Townsend Housebuilding198888001849
Tuscawilla Park Historic Districtdistrict198887002015
West Ocala Historic Districtdistrict200202000682

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

3

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Land ownership map, 1883 - Map of Marion County, Florida : from U.S. surveys and other official and original sources showing all lands belonging to the U.S. State Railroad and Disston to Oct. 15th
Land ownership map (1883) - Map of Marion County, Florida : from U.S. surveys and other official and original sources showing all lands belonging to the U.S. State Railroad and Disston to Oct. 15th. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1885 - Map of Marion County, Florida : from U.S. surveys and other official and original sources showing all lands belonging to the U.S. State Railroad and Disston to Oct. 15th
Land ownership map (1885) - Map of Marion County, Florida : from U.S. surveys and other official and original sources showing all lands belonging to the U.S. State Railroad and Disston to Oct. 15th. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1887 - New map of Marion County, Florida
Land ownership map (1887) - New map of Marion County, Florida. Library of Congress.

Photographs from libraries nationwide

24 of 26 shown

Selected from the Digital Public Library of America's 26 image records catalogued for this county. Every one shown here carries a public-domain status or a licence that permits reuse on a site that carries advertising; non-commercial, share-alike and restricted images are excluded. The selection is spread across the county's towns (at most eight per town), so no single institution's bulk upload crowds out the rest. Each opens the holding library's record, and the complete set at the Digital Public Library of America is one click away.

Pearson's Motel, Boston Public Library - undated
Pearson's Motel. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Traveler's Rest Motel, U.S. highways 441-301 and 27, 4 miles south of Ocala, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Traveler's Rest Motel, U.S. highways 441-301 and 27, 4 miles south of Ocala, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Restaurant Freeze-ette Dinette, air-conditioned, U.S. highways 301-441 and 27, 1 mile south of Ocala, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Restaurant Freeze-ette Dinette, air-conditioned, U.S. highways 301-441 and 27, 1 mile south of Ocala, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
The French Court, Ocala, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
The French Court, Ocala, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Visitors to famous Silver Springs get an intimate view of the underwater wonderland through the glass bottom boats, Boston Public Library - undated
Visitors to famous Silver Springs get an intimate view of the underwater wonderland through the glass bottom boats. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Southland Motel, 1300 Silver Springs Blvd., State Highway 40, Ocala, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Southland Motel, 1300 Silver Springs Blvd., State Highway 40, Ocala, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Airport obstruction chart, OC 882, Siskiyou County Airport, Montague, California, Boston Public Library - undated
Airport obstruction chart, OC 882, Siskiyou County Airport, Montague, California. United States. National Ocean Service, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Silver Springs, Boston Public Library - undated
Silver Springs. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Florida's Silver Springs, Boston Public Library - undated
Florida's Silver Springs. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Liberty Court Motel, U.S. Highway 301, 2 miles north of Ocala, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Liberty Court Motel, U.S. Highway 301, 2 miles north of Ocala, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Rexana Hotel Court, Ocala, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Rexana Hotel Court, Ocala, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Park Lane Court, 1970 Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Park Lane Court, 1970 Silver Springs Blvd., Ocala, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Diver underwater during the shooting of a training film on deep sea diving at Silver Springs, Fla., American Legion Museum - undated
Diver underwater during the shooting of a training film on deep sea diving at Silver Springs, Fla.. United States. Navy, American Legion Museum, via the Digital Public Library of America.
A covered promenade bordered by a colorful garden area is an architectural feature of the handsome administration building at Florida's famous Silver Springs, Boston Public Library - undated
A covered promenade bordered by a colorful garden area is an architectural feature of the handsome administration building at Florida's famous Silver Springs. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Major Motel, Boston Public Library - undated
Major Motel. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Bridges Motel, 1432 Silver Springs Blvd., within city limits Ocala, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Bridges Motel, 1432 Silver Springs Blvd., within city limits Ocala, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Airport obstruction chart, OC 5055, Ocala Municipal Airport (Jimmy Taylor Field), Ocala, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Airport obstruction chart, OC 5055, Ocala Municipal Airport (Jimmy Taylor Field), Ocala, Florida. United States. National Ocean Service, Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Le Mar Motel, 1607 Silver Springs Blvd, ceramic tiled baths, Ocala, Florida, Boston Public Library - undated
Le Mar Motel, 1607 Silver Springs Blvd, ceramic tiled baths, Ocala, Florida. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Florida's Silver Springs, Boston Public Library - undated
Florida's Silver Springs. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Beautiful tropical planting is featured in the garden area in front of the main administration building at Florida's Silver Springs, Boston Public Library - undated
Beautiful tropical planting is featured in the garden area in front of the main administration building at Florida's Silver Springs. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
This is the main spring at Florida's world-famous Silver Springs, showing the administration buildings, boat docks and the aquarium, Boston Public Library - undated
This is the main spring at Florida's world-famous Silver Springs, showing the administration buildings, boat docks and the aquarium. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Silver Springs, Boston Public Library - undated
Silver Springs. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Florida's Silver Springs, Boston Public Library - undated
Florida's Silver Springs. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.
Feeding fish from glass bottom boat at Silver Springs, Ocala, Florida. WIlley House, Crawford Notch, White Mts., N.H. Pennsylvania State College "Old Main", State College, Pa., Boston Public Library - undated
Feeding fish from glass bottom boat at Silver Springs, Ocala, Florida. WIlley House, Crawford Notch, White Mts., N.H. Pennsylvania State College "Old Main", State College, Pa.. Boston Public Library, via the Digital Public Library of America.

The county from the air

36 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 2,106 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 36 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-10, scale 1:60000
1950-04-10, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-10, scale 1:60000
1950-04-10, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-10, scale 1:60000
1950-04-10, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-16, scale 1:24000
1951-03-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-16, scale 1:24000
1951-03-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-16, scale 1:24000
1951-03-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1951-03-16, scale 1:24000
1951-03-16, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:24000
1964-02-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:24000
1964-02-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-09, scale 1:136948
1968-02-09, scale 1:136948. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-09, scale 1:136948
1968-02-09, scale 1:136948. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-09, scale 1:136948
1968-02-09, scale 1:136948. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1968-02-09, scale 1:136948
1968-02-09, scale 1:136948. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-03-01, scale 1:16000
1988-03-01, scale 1:16000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-03-01, scale 1:16000
1988-03-01, scale 1:16000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-03-01, scale 1:16000
1988-03-01, scale 1:16000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1988-03-01, scale 1:16000
1988-03-01, scale 1:16000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1950-04-10, scale 1:60000
1950-04-10, scale 1:60000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-10, scale 1:24000
1964-02-10, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-12, scale 1:24000
1964-02-12, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-01-19, scale 1:24000
1965-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-01-19, scale 1:24000
1965-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-01-19, scale 1:24000
1965-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1965-01-19, scale 1:24000
1965-01-19, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-07-07, scale 1:20000
1969-07-07, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-07-07, scale 1:20000
1969-07-07, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-07-07, scale 1:20000
1969-07-07, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-07-07, scale 1:20000
1969-07-07, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000
1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000
1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000
1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1977-11-13, scale 1:80000
1977-11-13, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1987-02-13, scale 1:15000
1987-02-13, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1987-02-13, scale 1:15000
1987-02-13, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1987-02-13, scale 1:15000
1987-02-13, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1987-02-13, scale 1:15000
1987-02-13, scale 1:15000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

56 stations, 15 gages

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

48 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 42-1BOcala city - That part in Commissioner's District 1 Bounded by W. Wilson; N. Magnolia; Seaboard Air Line Railroad; N. Orange, W. Wilson, Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  • 42-1AOcala city - That part in Commissioner's District 1 Bounded by W. Wilson; Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, W. Lincoln, N. Orange; Seaboard Air Line Railroad, N. Pine, Hoge; City limits
  • 42-2Ocala city, comprising Commissioner's District 1 and part of Commissioner's District 3 and 4: Ocala city - That part in Commissioner's District 1 Bounded by Hoge; N. Maple, Madison, Gadson; W. Ocklawaha Ave., S. 22nd, W. Broadway; City limits
  • 42-3Ocala city - That part in Commissioner's District 1 Bounded by Hoge, Ravenal, Hoge; N. Pine, Seaboard Air Line Railroad; W. Ocklawaha Ave., N. Academy, W. Ocklawaha Ave.; Gadson, Madison, N. Maple
  • 42-4Ocala city - That part in Commissioner's District 1, excluding Marion Hotel Bounded by Seaboard Air Line Railroad; N. Magnolia; W. Ocklawaha Ave.; Seaboard Air Line Railroad
  • 42-5Marion Hotel (In Ocala city, Commissioner's District 1)
  • 42-6Ocala city - That part in Commissioner's District 1, excluding Ocala Hotel Bounded by W. Ocklawaha Ave.; S. Osceola; W. Eighth; Seaboard Air Line Railroad
  • 42-7Ocala Hotel ( In Ocala city, Commissioner's District 1)
  • 42-8Ocala city - That part in Commissioner's District 1 Bounded by W. Broadway, S. 22nd, W. Ocklawaha Ave., N. Academy, W. Ocklawaha Ave.; Seaboard Air Line Railroad; W. fifth, Myrtle, W. Tenth; City limits
  • 42-9Ocala city - That part in Commissioner's District 1 Bounded by W. Tenth, Myrtle, W. fifth; Seaboard Air Line Railroad; City limits; City limits
  • 42-10Ocala city - That part in Commissioner's District 1 Bounded by W. Eighth, E. Eighth; Orange Ave.; City limits; Seaboard Air Line Railroad
  • 42-11Ocala city - That part in Commissioner's District 1 Bounded by E. Fifth; Commissioner's District line, City limits; City limits; Orange Ave., E. Eighth, S. Osceola
  • 42-12Ocala city - That part in Commissioner's District 1 Bounded by E. Ocklawaha Ave.; Hazel, E. Fort, King Ave., S. High; E. Fifth; S. Osceola
  • 42-13Ocala city - That part in Commissioner's District 1 Bounded by E. Ocklawaha Ave.; Commissioner's District line; E. Fifth; S. High, E. Fort King Ave., Hazel
  • 42-14Ocala city - That part in Commissioner's District 4 Bounded by City limits; City limits; City limits; Commissioner's District line, E. Ocklawaha Ave., N. High, Seminole Ave., N. Newberry Ave., W. Henry Ave., Clay
  • 42-15Ocala city - That part in Commissioner's District 4 Bounded by City limits; Clay, W. Henry Ave., N. Newberry Ave., Seminole Ave., N. High; E. Ocklawaha Ave.; N. Magnolia
  • 42-16West End, unincorporated, comprising part of Districts 2 and 3: West End, unincorporated - That part in Commissioner's District 2 Bounded by Old Blichton Rd., Unnamed rd.; Ocala city limits; Commissioner's District line; State Hwy. 500
  • 42-17West End, unincorporated - That part in Commissioner's District 3 Bounded by Commissioner's District line; cala city limits; State Hwy. 200; Unnamed rd.
  • 42-18Commissioner's District 2, outside the unincorporated place of West End: Dunnellon town: Dunnellon town - That part northwest of Dougal Ave., north of Pennsylvania Ave., west of Glen Cove Ave., and northwest of Seaboard Air Line Railroad
  • 42-19Dunnellon town - That part southeast of Dougal Ave., south of Pennsylvania Ave., east of Glencove Ave., and southeast of Seaboard Air Line Railroad
  • 42-20Commissioner's District 2 - That part north of State Hwy. 320 and northeast of State Hwy. 500 and west of U.S. Hwy. 441
  • 42-21Commissioner's District 2 - That part southwest of State Hwy. 500, north of State Hwy. 40 and east of Seaboard Air Line Railroad, outside the incorporated place of West End (See separate map for boundaries of West End)
  • 42-22BCommissioner's District 2 - That part north and east of State Hwy. 500 and Hoge street and south of the section line between Sections 3, 10, 2, 11 and 1, 12 from State Hwy. 500 to Commissioner's District line outside Ocala city and the unincorporated place of West End
  • 42-22ACommissioner's District 2 - That part south of State Hwy. 326, east of U.S. Hwy. 441, northeast of State Hwy. 500 and north of the section line between Sections 3, 10, 2, 11, and 1, 12 from State Hwy. 500 to Commissioner's District line
  • 42-23Commissioner's District 2 - That part south of State Hwy. 40 and west of Seaboard Air Line Railroad, outside Dunnellon town (Remainder of Commissioner's District 2 is in the unincorporated place of west of Ocala)
  • 42-24Commissioner's District 3, outside Ocala city and the unincorporated place of Area west of Ocala: Belleview town
  • 42-25Oklawaha, unincorporated Bounded by Unnamed Rd., State Hwy. 464, Unnamed Rd.; Unnamed Rd., Unnamed Rd. extended; Lake Weir; Unnamed St. extended, Unnamed St., Unnamed St. extended
  • 42-26Commissioner's District 3 - That part east of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, outside the unincorporated place of Oklawaha (See separate map for boundaries of Oklawaha)
  • 42-27Commissioner's District 3 - That part west of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and east of U.S. Hwy. 441, State Hwys. 500 and 35, outside Belleview town and the unincorporated place of Oklawaha (See separate map for boundaries of Oklawaha)
  • 42-28Commissioner's District 3 - That part west of U.S. Hwy. 441, State Hwys. 500 and 35, east of State Hwy. 475, outside Belleview town
  • 42-29BCommissioner's District 3 - That part north of surveyed line approximately 1,000 ft. south of intersection of State Hwy. 475 and Seaboard Air Line Railroad from Orange Ave. to 32nd, and west of 32nd, outside Ocala city and the unincorporated place of West End
  • 42-29ACommissioner's District 3 - That part west of State Hwy. 475 and south of surveyed line approximately 1,000 ft. south of intersection of State Hwy. 475 and Seaboard Air Line Railroad from Orange Ave. to 32nd, outside the unincorporated place of West End
  • 42-30Commissioner's District 4, outside Ocala city - That part north of State Hwy. 40 and east of Ocklawaha River
  • 42-31ACommissioner's District 4 - That part north of State Hwy. 40 and Weirdale Blvd., west of Oklawaha River, and east of the north - south section line between Sections 15, 16 and 9, 10 and 3, 4 from State Hwy. 40 to Weirdale Blvd.
  • 42-31BCommissioner's District 4 - That part south of Weirdale Blvd., north of Ocklawaha Ave., west of State Hwy. 200 and west of the north - south section line between Section 15, 16 and 9, 10 and 3, 4 from State Hwy. 40 to Weirdale Blvd., outside Ocala city
  • 42-31CCommissioner's District 4 - That part south of Weirdale Blvd. and west of State Hwy. 200, outside Ocala city
  • 42-32BCommissioner's District 3 - That part bounded by Ocklawaha Ave., surveyed north - south line starting at intersection of Ocklawaha Ave., and State Hwy. 40 and ending approximately 750 Ft. south of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad west on surveyed line from this point to intersection of Section 29 - 28 line. This line north to city limits outside Ocala city.
  • 42-32ACommissioner's District 4 - That part south of State Hwy. 40 and west of Oklawaha River, excluding Fla. Industrial School for Girls and the area south east of Ocala, bounded by Ocklawaha Ave., surveyed north - south line starting at intersection of Ocklawaha Ave., and state Hwy. 40 and ending approximately 750 ft. south of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, west on surveyed line from this point to intersection of section 29 - 28 line. This line north to city limits.
  • 42-33Florida Industrial School for Girls (in Commissioner's District 4)
  • 42-34Commissioner's District 4 - That part east of Ocklawaha River and south of State Hwy. 40 (Remainder of Commissioner's District 4 is in Ocala city)
  • 42-35Commissioner's District 5: McIntosh town
  • 42-36Reddick town
  • 42-37Commissioner's District 5 - That part Bounded by County line; County line; Commissioner's District line; State Hwy. 315
  • 42-38Commissioner's District 5 - That part Bounded by County line; State Hwy. 315; Commissioner's District line; State Hwy. 200
  • 42-39Commissioner's District 5 - That part Bounded by County line; State Hwy. 200; State Hwy. 241; U.S. Hwy. 441, Reddick town limits, U.S. Hwy. 441, McIntosh town limits, U.S. Hwy. 441
  • 42-40Commissioner's District 5 - That part Bounded by County line; U.S. Hwy. 441; McIntosh town limits, U.S. Hwy. 441, Reddick town limits, U.S. Hwy. 441; State Hwy. 241; Commissioner's District line
  • 42-41Commissioner's District 5 - That part Bounded by Commissioner's District line, State Hwy. 241; State Hwy. 200; Commissioner's District line; Commissioner's District line
  • 42-42Ocala city - That part in Commissioner's District 3 Bounded by W. 17th, 17th; City limits; City limits; City limits

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

3,770 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 3,770 of them, burning about 68,430 acres. 657 started naturally and 374 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined686
Natural657
Debris and open burning600
Railroad operations and maintenance583
Equipment and vehicle use453
Arson/incendiarism374
Recreation and ceremony160
Misuse of fire by a minor128
Power generation/transmission/distribution59
Smoking43
Other causes16
Fireworks7
Firearms and explosives use4

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
10 March 2009Recreation and ceremony10,022 acresNational Forests in FloridaJUNIPER SPRINGS #10
11 August 2006Debris and open burning4,014 acresNational Forests in FloridaJUNIPER
14 May 1996Debris and open burning3,149 acresNational Forests in FloridaMAJOR 1
18 October 2010Equipment and vehicle use3,111 acresNational Forests in FloridaBOMBING RANGE NINE21
8 July 1992Natural2,015 acresNational Forests in FloridaJUNIPER SPRINGS
2 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,918 acresNational Forests in FloridaHOPKINS PRAIRIE
28 June 2010Natural1,221 acresNational Forests in FloridaSALT SPRINGS #16
6 May 2008Equipment and vehicle use1,200 acresNational Forests in FloridaBOMBING RANGE

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1957 to 2026

60 of 985 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 985 reports for this county, causing 6 deaths, 97 injuries and about $68,629,160 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind488
Heavy Rain181
Hail140
Tornado62
Funnel Cloud32
Lightning28
Flood20
Flash Flood17
Wildfire17

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 1975Tornado (F3)not stated1 killed, 26 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
January 1995Tornado (F2)Summerfield1 killed, 20 hurt, $2,800,000An F2 tornado touched down at 0550 EST about one mile north of Pedro in Marion County and moved east about 12 miles before lifting about three-quarters miles north of Weirsdale. A man received fatal head injuries while sitting in his car outside a mobile home when the car was rolled four times. Another 20 persons, mostly those in mobile homes, were injured. The tornado destroyed or heavily damaged 66 mobile homes with less extensive damage to another 85 dwellings, mostly mobile homes. The hardest hit communities were Lake Weir Harbor Estates and Bird Island. (M53A)
June 1996LightningOcala1 killed, $30,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindOcala Arpt1 killedMarion County Emergency Management reported one fatality resulting from a snapped tree at Matheny Fire & Emergency on SW 46th Ave. in Ocala. A lawncare working was working outside when the tree fell onto him. The event time was based on radar.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindOcala West1 killedA tree was blown down onto two cars. One man was killed.
June 1997LightningOrange Lake1 killedno account filed
April 1978Tornado (F2)not stated14 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
March 2003Thunderstorm WindLake Weir8 hurt8 persons injured when a 30 by 60 foot hospitality tent was blown over at The Villages retirement communities Nancy Lopez Golf Course. One person suffered serious facial injuries requiring transfer to a hospital in Orlando. Two dozen persons were trapped beneath the tent. Report supplemented from AP and CNN Reports.
March 1973Tornado (F2)not stated6 hurt, $250,000no account filed
April 2005Tornado (F1)Ocala Arpt3 hurtno account filed
April 1981Tornado (F1)not stated2 hurt, $250,000no account filed
August 1994Thunderstorm WindSummerfield2 hurt, $50,000Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and large trees. One tree fell onto a car injuring two of its four occupants. The roof of a house in Summerfield was peeled off.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindOrange Lake2 hurt, $30,000no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindOcala West2 hurtThunderstorm winds blew down a large tree that crashed into a mobile home and injured 2 people inside at 4023 NW Gainesville Road.
September 1997LightningOcala2 hurtMale, 12, Male, 8
October 1993Thunderstorm Windnot stated2 hurtStrong thunderstoirm winds damaged a house slightly injuring two children.
April 1983Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
August 2003LightningPedro1 hurt, $80,000no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindOcala Arpt1 hurt, $2,000Marion County EM reported multiple downed powerlines near the intersection of SW 38th St and SW 60th Ave south of Ocala International Airport. One occupied vehicle was trapped by the downed lines which resulted in a minor injury. AWOS station OCF Ocala Airport measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 44 mph.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMontague1 hurtA power pole was blown down onto a vehicle | along South Pine Avenue with one person | inside. The person inside was electrically | shocked, but medical transport was not | needed. The time of damage was based on | radar.
September 2016LightningOcala1 hurtA 22 yr old male was struck by lightning in Silver Springs. He was transported to the hospital as a precaution. The time of the event was based on radar.
March 1999WildfireCountywide1 hurtEight fires, 15 acres burnt. One firefighter injured on 3/26/99.
May 2006LightningWeirsdale1 hurtno account filed
May 1999LightningOcala1 hurtno account filed
March 1993Tornado (F2)SW to NE Ocala$50,000,000A tornado formed 8 miles southwest of Ocala in a wooded area. It snapped off trees before heavily damaging two hangers and destroying another at the Ocala Airport. It continued northeast snapping off numerous trees, then moved over an industrial area where it heavily damaged several storage buildings and a warehouse. It moved through a wooded area dissipating about seven miles northeast of Ocala.
March 2001Tornado (F2)Ocala$1,500,000More than 85 homes were damaged in three neighborhoods, knocking power out to 10,000 thousand of residents.
September 1999Flash FloodBelleview$600,000More than 8.5 inches of rainfall damaged 38 homes and 10 business.
October 1993Thunderstorm Windnot stated$500,000Severe thunderstorm winds destroyed one home, substantially damaged several others, and killing two horses.
June 2012FloodBelleview$300,000At 8:50 am on the 24th, a spotter reported flooded streets in Belleview. At 9 am, a spotter measured 4.5 inches of rainfall in Fairfield since midnight that morning. At 12:06 am on the 25th, a spotter measured 7.92 inches of rainfall on June 24th (a 24 hours total) about 6 miles south of the Ocala Airport. On the 25th at 10:21 am, a newspaper in Marion county reported State Road 40 in Ocala was closed due to high water. At 1:20 pm, the pubilc reported 10.25 inches near the Fellowship area in NW Marion county during the past 24 hours. At 5:15 pm that afternoon, a CoCoRaHS observer about 3 miles SSW of Micanopy reported 1.10 inches of rainfall in 30 minutes. Marion county had extensive problems with sinkholes, with an estimated 52 due to heavy rainfall from TS Debby. The cost of damage was estimated, and is likely a large under-estimate.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindOcala$250,000A large oak tree uprooted and fell onto a home in Ocala, FL. The tree fell completely through the roof and destroyed part of the home. The house has been condemned. Time was estimated by radar. Nearby AWOS station KOCF Ocala Airport - Jim Taylor Fld measured 52 mph peak wind at 304 PM.
December 1986Tornado (F0)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 1983Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 1982Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
July 1981Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
August 1980Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
July 1976Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
April 1975Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
May 1974Tornado (F1)not stated$250,000no account filed
November 1962Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
March 2001Tornado (F0)Ocala$150,000Tornado was a weak FO, with some evidence of downburst. Damage was near Northeast 38th Street. Two homes with substantial roof damage, and 19 others with damage.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindWest End$120,000A large tree fell down and crushed six cars in the Chili's parking lot on SW 36th Avenue. The cost of damage was estimated at $20,000/car for inclusion of the event in StormData.
March 2026LightningShady$100,000Broadcast media reported Marion County firefighters were called to a house fire on Southwest 115th Street around 8:19 p.m. The 911 caller told them the home was struck by lightning and the attic was filling with smoke. The roof caught on fire and quickly destroyed much of the inside of the home. The lightning caused a large hole in the roof. The family has been displaced. No injuries or fatalities.
May 2000WildfireCountywide$100,000no account filed
March 2001Tornado (F0)Martel$80,000Sixty-one homes were damaged, 44 were manufactured. Fourteen homes were heavily damaged.
March 2001Thunderstorm WindOcala$80,000A strong downburst damaged 19 mobile homes. Large trees were uprooted.
October 2003LightningReddick$55,000no account filed
October 1996Tornado (F0)Marion Oaks$55,000no account filed
June 2003Tornado (F0)Fellowship$50,000Touchdown near intersection of U.S. Highway 27 and 95th Street. Minor damage to one barn and home at 9500 N. U.S. highway 27. Screen pool cover destroyed at home and large pine tree down across barn damaging the roof. Numerous trees and a fence line downed in area. Additional information from Ocala Star Banner 6/23/03.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindSparr$50,000trees and power lines down near Sparr. Approximately 15 trees down on road between Sparr and Fort McCoy including one down on a barn. Trees down in Fort McCoy.
July 2000Thunderstorm WindOrange Spgs$50,000Roof blown was blown of a house at 107th Av. and 157 Ln.
August 1994Tornado (F0)not stated$50,000A tornado travelled about 200 feet snapping off power poles and tearing part of a roof off of a mobile home and slightly damaging two other mobile homes.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindOcala$50,000Trees and power lines blown onto houses between Ocala and and Silver Springs causing $10,000 damage.
March 1993Thunderstorm Windnot stated$50,000Strong thunderstorm winds ripped roofs from houses and mobile homes.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindOcala$50,000no account filed
July 1996Tornado (F1)Ocala Arpt$50,000no account filed
November 2003Thunderstorm WindBelleview$30,000Pine tree down on home causing extensive damage.
June 2001Tornado (F0)Moss Bluff$30,000Weak FO. One home destroyed, and several businesses with roof damage.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindOcala$30,000Roof blown off mobile home.
March 1998Flash FloodCountywide$30,000Numerous streets and roads were closed.
November 2003Tornado (F0)Fellowship$25,000Aluminum roof tiles and trusses came off roof of barn with fifty percent of the barn unroofed. Some tiles off roof of adjoining house. Tornado was not witnessed by the spotter; however, a farm hand reported "twisting clouds" which seemed to lift off the barn roof. Pictures of damage show aluminum roof tiles blown high into adjoining trees and wrapped around branches. Spotter also reported swirl pattern in field adjoining barn area.

Mines and quarries

58 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 58 workings inside this county. 33 still produce and 25 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Stone, Crushed/Broken20
Limestone, General17
Sand9
Phosphorus-Phosphates3
Clay3
Sand and Gravel, Construction2
Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken2
Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free1
Fullers Earth1
Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite1
Montmorillonite1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hard RockPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1915, 1930
Hard Rock DebrisPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, FreeProspect1975
Mid-Florida Mining - Emathla MineMontmorilloniteProducerMontmorillonite
R.O. Camp Clay PitFullers EarthProducer
Lynn MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Marion Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Ocala Pit BClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Ocala PittClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Emathla MineClayProducer
Lynne ClayClayPast Producer
Minehead MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
S & E Contractors, Inc. - Dr. Slaughter Fish MineClayUnknown
Boutwell Constr. Co. - Candler MineSandProducer
Florida Rock Industries - Marion Sand MineSandProducer
Florida Rock Industries - Weirsdale MineSandProducer
John R. Dykes - Magnolia Bluff MineSandUnknown
John R. Dykes - Michigan City MineSandUnknown
Loar's Excavating Co. - Loar's Sand MineSandUnknown
Margie Wood Trucking, Inc. - Margie Wood MineSandUnknown
S & E Contractors, Inc. - Baseline MineSandUnknown
Standard Sand and Silica - Lynne MineSandProducer
Bedrock Resources - Citra MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Bedrock Resources - S.R. 42 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Boutwell Limerock Mining - C.R. 484 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Boutwell Limerock Mining - Clifton MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Counts Constr. - 140th Ave. MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Counts Constr. - Martin MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Counts Constr. - Pansey Britt MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Counts Construction Co. - H&M Katz MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Franklin Industrial Minerals - Lowell MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Loncala Phosphate - Minehead PlantLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Lowell FloridaLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
M.J. Stavola - Stavola's MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
M.J. Stavola - Zuber MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Marion Northside Stone - 441 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Southern Materials Corp.Limestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
White Construction Co., Inc.-CliftonLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Zuber Hi-Cal MillLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Britt MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Canal PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Castro PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Citra MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cummer MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kendrick PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lehigh QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lowell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Martin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Moss Bluff ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
No. 7 Kendrick QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Number 8 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
O Neal PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ocala QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Owens M B PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Pedro MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit Number 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Santos PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stavola PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Zuber PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every populated place in the county

114

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

The vanished settlements of Marion County: the places named above that are no longer on the map.

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.