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Camp Ocala, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Umatilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32702. The Survey maps it on the Farles Lake quadrangle.

Camp Ocala within Lake 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 Camp Ocala, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Camp Ocala, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

310 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 310 fires within 5 miles of Camp Ocala between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,178 acres in total. 113 started naturally. 28 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
Natural113
Missing data/not specified/undetermined74
Recreation and ceremony37
Equipment and vehicle use34
Arson/incendiarism28
Debris and open burning8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Firearms and explosives use2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
21 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaSTUMP HOLE
2 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaBOMBING RANGE
19 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaBOMBING RANGE
14 September 1998Natural67 acresNational Forests in FloridaCEDAR CREEK
13 September 1993Natural10 acresNational Forests in Floridanot named
12 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaSCENIC 4
11 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaSCENIC 3
10 September 2016Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePAISLEY RD (35)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake 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
Alexander Springs3.4 miles8
Astor Park4.4 miles9
Manhatten6.5 miles9
Astor6.7 miles9
Pittman7.5 miles14
Mosquito Grove9.7 miles10
Lake Kathryn9.8 miles10
Paisley9.8 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 Q122558385The 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 305435. 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.