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Citra, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Reddick-McIntosh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32113. The Survey maps it on the Citra quadrangle. It stands 102 feet above sea level.

Citra within Marion County

Then and now

1893 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Citra, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Citra, surveyed 1893

On record in Citra

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Citra between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,553 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 7 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
Debris and open burning33
Railroad operations and maintenance29
Natural25
Equipment and vehicle use21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
11 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSPARR FIRE/MARION
6 August 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1994Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRABBITPATCH(42)
9 July 2000Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2001Natural1.0 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Citra: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Bedrock Resources - Citra MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Citra MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

19 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Citra in 19 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 12 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 wildfire. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 1999Thunderstorm WindCitra$15,000Large trees were uprooted. Car port damaged.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindCitra$5,000Trees downed and a shed damaged by thunderstorm winds near Citra.
January 1993Thunderstorm WindCitra$5,000Strong thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines.
April 1999Thunderstorm WindCitra$500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2023Heavy RainCitra-A mesonet station near Citra measured 2.15 inches of rainfall since midnight.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindCitra-Power lines were blown down on NE 170th Street. The time of damage was based on radar.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindCitra-Two trees were blown down in Citra. Time of damage was based on radar.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindCitra-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down due to thunderstorm winds.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCitra-County dispatch reported widespread tree damage along Highway 301 and County Road 318 in the city limits of Citra. An hour later, numerous road crews were out still trying to clear the roads.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCitra-Trees were blown down along U.S. Highway 301 and 441 in northern sections of the county.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindCitra-Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 318 near Citra.
December 2008Thunderstorm WindCitra-Power lines reported down in the City of Ocala approximately 0925 EST with a couple of trees reported down near the City of Citra around 09S0 EDT.
May 2007HailCitra-Penny size hail lasted for about 5 minutes in Citra.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Citra-Hurricane "Frances"0605 EDTPossible tornado reported by EMA in Citra. Roof damage occurred. 0610 EDTGeneral public reported a possible tornado and roof damage on NE 168th Street in Citra.
April 2001WildfireCitra-More than 750 acres burnt, mainly in the muddy lake bed. The fire was along and near the Alachua/Marion countyline.
July 2004Thunderstorm WindCitra-no account filed
June 2000HailCitra-no account filed
August 1999Funnel CloudCitra-no account filed
May 1999HailCitra-no account filed

Every storm 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
Lakeside Travel Park1.8 miles17
Sparr5.1 miles17
Millwood5.4 miles17
Reddick5.6 miles16
Orange Lake5.7 miles17
McIntosh6.5 miles17
Paynes Town (historical)6.5 miles17
Boardman6.7 miles17

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.

Wikipedia article on CitraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3678333The 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 280466. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.