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East Silver Springs Shore, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Belleview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32179. The Survey maps it on the Lake Weir quadrangle.

East Silver Springs Shore within Marion County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of East Silver Springs Shore, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of East Silver Springs Shore, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

323 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 323 fires within 5 miles of East Silver Springs Shore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,704 acres in total. 53 started naturally. 30 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined70
Natural53
Railroad operations and maintenance47
Equipment and vehicle use44
Debris and open burning41
Arson/incendiarism30
Recreation and ceremony16
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking2
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaLAKE CATHERINE
4 September 1992Natural60 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2014Natural3.4 acresNational Forests in FloridaMUD PRAIRIE 13
8 August 2012Natural28 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLACKBERRY RANCH (42)
8 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in Floridanot named
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/25 FIRE
25 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 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 East Silver Springs Shore: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand. 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
Florida Rock Industries - Weirsdale MineSandProducer
Moss Bluff ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working 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
East Lake Weir2.3 miles10
Coronado Pines2.8 miles10
Ocklawaha2.9 miles10
Moss Bluff2.9 miles10
Forest Lakes Park3.2 miles10
Lake Weir (historical)3.3 miles10
Stanton3.8 miles13
Starkes Ferry4.1 miles12

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 Q122543967The 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 306940. 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.