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Camp Roosevelt, Florida

16 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 34480. The Survey maps it on the Ocala East quadrangle.

Camp Roosevelt 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 Camp Roosevelt, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Camp Roosevelt, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Camp Roosevelt between 1992 and 2019, burning about 572 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 8 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 maintenance40
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Smoking2
Fireworks1
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 1999Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/92 PLACE FIRE
22 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/THE DOGWOOD FIRE
9 August 2014Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBASELINE(42)
8 August 2004Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/SQUIRREL FIRE
26 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSE 78TH ST (42)
22 August 1999Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 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

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Camp Roosevelt: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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
Counts Constr. - Pansey Britt MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
S & E Contractors, Inc. - Baseline MineSandUnknown
Britt MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Canal PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ocala QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Santos PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Maricamp1.7 miles16
Montague2.2 miles16
Santos2.8 miles17
Ocala3.1 miles17
Huntington3.3 miles16
Shady4.5 miles16
Saddle Oak Club5.3 miles17
Bahia Oaks5.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 279932. 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.