Ayers, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Brooksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34604. The Survey maps it on the Masaryktown quadrangle.
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.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Masaryktown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
215 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Ayers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 931 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 32 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1996 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Florida Forest Service | 51/PAINTER FIRE/0623 |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 27/MARTHA PILE FIRE/0866 |
| 7 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BRAEMERE (27) |
| 9 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NAPLES (27) |
| 8 July 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ayers: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Dade City - Mason-Smith Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| Wayne Thomas Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Grove | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Masaryktown | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Powell | 2.2 miles | 13 | |
| Spring Hill | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| South Brooksville | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Wiscon | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Tooke Lake Junction | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Willow Sink | 5.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295105. 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.






