Camps, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Brooksville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34601. The Survey maps it on the Brooksville quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Brooksville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
189 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Camps between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,013 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 20 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 maintenance | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DRY CREEK/1187 |
| 20 August 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2014 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | TRANQUILITY (27) |
| 19 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | PEACH ORCHARD (27) |
| 16 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 August 2019 | Natural | 16 acres | Florida Forest Service | VULCAN (27) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Camps: 7 producers, 2 plants, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooksville Lime Kiln | Calcium | Plant | ||
| Dot Dade City - Mason-Smith Mine | Limestone, General | Unknown | Limestone | |
| Florida Crushed Stone - Greg Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Goodwin Brothers Construction | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Stephens Transp Co., Inc | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Stephens Transportation Co. | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Annutteliga Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Broco Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Brooksville Gay Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Diamond Hill Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Brooksville | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Brooksville | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Norman | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Wiscon | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Brookridge | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| South Brooksville | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Tooke Lake Junction | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Lake Lindsey | 4.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 279957. 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.







