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Dunnellon, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Dunnellon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34432. It stands on Rainbow River. The Survey maps it on the Dunnellon quadrangle. 1,928 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 49 feet above sea level.

Dunnellon within Marion County

Then and now

1892 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dunnellon, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Dunnellon, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

On record in Dunnellon

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 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Dunnellon grew from 1,898 to 1,928 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20001,898
20101,733-165 (-9%)
20201,928+195 (+11%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

248 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Dunnellon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,381 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 21 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
Equipment and vehicle use71
Natural39
Railroad operations and maintenance35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism21
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking3
Other causes2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service09/AKOLA FIRE/0907
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-08-1096 MARION
10 September 2007Other causes10 acresFlorida Forest Service09/UNICORN PT/1070
7 August 1993Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2008Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service09/CANAGAN/0805
4 August 2005Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service09/LOST-0561

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

27 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunnellon in 27 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 14 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 4 heavy rain, 2 flood. 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
August 2022Thunderstorm WindDunnellon$15,000Marion County Public Safety reported damage to a residence along Powell Road as the result of thunderstorm winds. A residence had a metal roof pulled from it, and then damaged 3 other nearby homes.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDunnellon$15,000Roof blown off barn.
August 2000Thunderstorm WindDunnellon$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
September 1998Thunderstorm WindDunnellon$2,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2002Thunderstorm WindDunnellon$2,000Numerous trees blown down.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindDunnellon$1,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindDunnellon$500A large tree was blown down and blocked the road at SW 136 Court at SW 109th. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the event to be included in StormData.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindDunnellon$500Large branches from pine tree snapped off by thunderstorm winds and landed on car.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindDunnellon$500Large trees were blown down along HWY 41 North of HWY 40.
January 2023Funnel CloudDunnellon-A funnel cloud was observed near Dunnellon.
March 2022Tornado (EF1)Dunnellon-A line of strong to severe thunderstorms moved east across Marion county early Saturday morning, March 12th. A tornado touched down in Dunnellon where a large billboard was knocked over and siding was peeled off of a small professional building. Trees were damaged, snapped and uprooted. The next concentration of damage was reported on the south and east sides of Ocala where many trees were blown down and/or uprooted. Powerlines were blown down and numerous residences and an apartment building had damage. Damage in Ocala concentrated near SW 44th Court where some structural damage occurred and tree and powerline damage occurred. Another damaged local was near SW 41st Street near the Paddock Park Apartments where extensive roof damage occurred due to a large tree falling on the building. The county had to open an emergency shelter to house about 6 people displaced from the tornado. The peak winds of the tornado were estimated near 110 mph.
June 2019Heavy RainDunnellon-A spotter measured 1.12 inches of rainfall within 23 minutes near the intersection of Highway 40 and U.S. Highway 41 in Dunnellon.
April 2018Heavy RainDunnellon-A spotter reported 1.5 inches of rainfall in 45 minutes.
December 2018FloodDunnellon-Minor flooding in Dunnellon.
June 2015HailDunnellon-Penny size hail was reported off of Highway 488.
June 2015Heavy RainDunnellon-About 2 inches of rainfall occurred in less than one hour. Minor street flooding was observed.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDunnellon-Trees and power lines were were damaged near Dunnellon.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDunnellon-Numerous trees were blown down in Dunnellon. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 2009Heavy RainDunnellon-Marion County Emergency Management reported a sinkhole developed north of Dunnellon due to heavy rainfall over the past day.
May 2003HailDunnellon-Reported as ping-pong ball sized hail.
October 2002FloodDunnellon-Powell Road closed due to street flooding. Storm spotter reported 1.8 inches of rain in 20 minutes in Dunnelon.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindDunnellon-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDunnellon-no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDunnellon-no account filed
September 2004Tornado (F1)Dunnellon-no account filed
July 1997HailDunnellon-no account filed
July 1997HailDunnellon-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
Chatmire1.3 miles18
Rainbow Falls (historical)3.9 miles18
Rainbow Springs4.8 miles18
Rocksprings6.3 miles18
Rolling Ranches6.3 miles17
Rainbow Lakes Estates7.0 miles17
Luddersville7.7 miles17
Rolling Hills8.2 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 DunnellonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2154101The 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 281879. 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.

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.