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Bahia Oaks, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Ocala census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34474. The Survey maps it on the Ocala West quadrangle.

Bahia Oaks within Marion County

Then and now

1895 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bahia Oaks, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Bahia Oaks, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Bahia Oaks between 1992 and 2018, burning about 764 acres in total. 9 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
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2

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
24 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/70TH
13 August 1997Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/SECO FIRE
29 July 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/475-A FIRE
20 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWINDING OAKS FARMS (42)
2 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 June 1992Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 June 1993Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Bahia Oaks: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Number 8 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Saddle Oak Club0.2 miles17
Shady3.3 miles16
Ocala Thoroughbred Acres3.5 miles17
Ross Prairie3.9 miles16
On Top of the World4.0 miles17
Ocala Waterway4.2 miles16
Martel4.4 miles17
Ocala Ridge4.6 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122553934The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 303883. 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.