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Big Scrub, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32784. The Survey maps it on the Lake Mary quadrangle.

Big Scrub within Marion County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Big Scrub, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Big Scrub, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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 Big Scrub between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,242 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 29 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Natural40
Arson/incendiarism29
Recreation and ceremony24
Debris and open burning23
Equipment and vehicle use18
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaLAKE CATHERINE
4 September 1992Natural60 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 1997Natural75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2012Natural28 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLACKBERRY RANCH (42)
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service35/RED BARN/0858
5 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaLINADALE
31 August 2000Natural10 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Big Scrub: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand. 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
Florida Rock Industries - Marion Sand MineSandProducer
Florida Rock Industries - Weirsdale MineSandProducer

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
Starkes Ferry2.1 miles12
Linadale3.4 miles12
East Silver Springs Shore4.5 miles10
Forest Lakes Park5.0 miles10
East Lake Weir5.7 miles10
Stanton6.1 miles13
Moss Bluff6.6 miles10
Weirsdale6.8 miles13

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 Q122572286The 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 306937. 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.