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Danks Corner, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Belleview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34491. The Survey maps it on the Belleview quadrangle.

Danks Corner 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 Danks Corner, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Danks Corner, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Danks Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,082 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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
Debris and open burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use22
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service484ROCKPIT(42)
29 July 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service23RD TER RD (42)
9 June 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service36 FIRE/MARION/NOV & SUPP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Danks Corner: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Britt MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pedro MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bedrock Resources - S.R. 42 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Boutwell Limerock Mining - C.R. 484 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Counts Constr. - Pansey Britt MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

9 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Danks Corner in 9 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 2023Thunderstorm WindDanks Corner-A tree was snapped near SE 139th Lane. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 2020Tornado (EF1)Danks Corner-An EF1 tornado briefly touched down near the eastern section of Marion Oaks, impacted Courtlandt Farm, Lyladaisical Ranch, crossed I-75 south, damaged the SECO power station just east of I-75 and damaged a home and several structures across the street from the power station along SW 16th Avenue before lifting up across the property fields. A video was taking of the tornado crossing I-75. At the start of the event the tornado was rated an EF0 with peak winds near 85 near Courtlandt Farm and Lyladiasical Ranch. Damage in this area on the west side of I-75 included large hardwood trees with multiple branches blown down, fencing damaged, and cedar trees and southwoods damaged. The SECO power station had signficant damage to its utility structures. There were two wooden structures with more than 20% of their roofs uplifted. A nearby structure had fascades ripped off of it. A street sign was twisted and snapped.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindDanks Corner-The Florida State Watch office relayed a report that pine trees were blown down and blocked the right and center southbound lanes of Interstate 75 near mile marker 340 near Marion Oaks. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2018Heavy RainDanks Corner-An observer measured 0.93 inches within 30 minutes.
December 2018Heavy RainDanks Corner-An observer measured 1.71 inches in Belleview.
August 2017Heavy RainDanks Corner-A HAM radio operator measured 2.61 inches of rainfall within 3 hours along SE 137th Lane in Summerfield. There was widespread low area flooding across Belleview.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindDanks Corner-Trees were blown down just east of the Don Garlits Museum. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindDanks Corner-Trees were blown down at the intersection of Highway 475 and SE 150th Street.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindDanks Corner-Trees were blown down near the South Highway 475 and Interstate 75 intersection.

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
Monroes Corner1.0 miles17
Pedro2.0 miles18
Belleview Heights2.7 miles17
Ocala Sun RV Resort2.8 miles16
Marion Oaks3.4 miles16
Belleview4.3 miles17
Summerfield4.5 miles17
Dallas5.0 miles18

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 Q122595575The 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 294738. 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.