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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.

Ayers within Hernando County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Ayers, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Ayers, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

215 since 1992

Regional 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 maintenance59
Equipment and vehicle use33
Arson/incendiarism32
Misuse of fire by a minor29
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Other causes1

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

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1996Smoking1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresFlorida Forest Service51/PAINTER FIRE/0623
7 August 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service27/MARTHA PILE FIRE/0866
7 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2013Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBRAEMERE (27)
9 July 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNAPLES (27)
8 July 1996Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hernando County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dot Dade City - Mason-Smith MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Wayne Thomas PitClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Hernando County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Garden Grove1.3 miles13
Masaryktown1.7 miles13
Powell2.2 miles13
Spring Hill4.4 miles15
South Brooksville5.2 miles16
Wiscon5.4 miles16
Tooke Lake Junction5.6 miles16
Willow Sink5.7 miles15

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.