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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.

Camps within Hernando County

Then and now

1954 to 1998

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Camps, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Camps, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

189 since 1992

Regional 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 maintenance48
Equipment and vehicle use34
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Natural15
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2
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
24 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDRY CREEK/1187
20 August 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 1996Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2014Natural10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTRANQUILITY (27)
19 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distribution6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePEACH ORCHARD (27)
16 August 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2019Natural16 acresFlorida Forest ServiceVULCAN (27)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hernando County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brooksville Lime KilnCalciumPlant
Dot Dade City - Mason-Smith MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Florida Crushed Stone - Greg MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Goodwin Brothers ConstructionLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Stephens Transp Co., IncLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Stephens Transportation Co.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Annutteliga Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Broco QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Brooksville Gay QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Diamond Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Hernando 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
North Brooksville1.7 miles16
Brooksville3.4 miles16
Norman3.9 miles16
Wiscon3.9 miles16
Brookridge4.3 miles16
South Brooksville4.4 miles16
Tooke Lake Junction4.7 miles16
Lake Lindsey4.8 miles14

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.