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Emathla, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Reddick-McIntosh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34482. The Survey maps it on the Fairfield quadrangle.

Emathla within Marion County

Then and now

1895 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Emathla, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Emathla, surveyed 1895

On record in Emathla

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

83 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Emathla between 1993 and 2018, burning about 831 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 burning32
Railroad operations and maintenance28
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
16 August 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/115TH FIRE
4 July 2011Debris and open burning10 acresFlorida Forest Service225 FIRE (42)
12 July 2010Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHWAY POND FIRE
9 June 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2001Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 2011Equipment and vehicle use35 acresFlorida Forest Service82ND CT (42)
16 June 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/90TH AVE
12 June 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

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 Emathla: 3 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Limestone, General, Clay. 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
Emathla MineClayProducer
Lowell FloridaLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Minehead MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Gulf Hammock MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Zuber PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Emathla in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 2012Thunderstorm WindEmathla$6,000Six to seven structures including barns with some roofs blown off, were damaged. The damage began on Highway 326 and NW 80th Avenue and tracked north for 1.5 miles. The cost of damage was estimated.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindEmathla$500A tree was blown down in the roadway at the intersection of Highways 225 and 326. The cost of damage was estimated.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindEmathla-Marion county 911 call center reported a large tree was down along west highway 326 blocking lanes.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindEmathla-A tree was blown down near NW Highway 225 and NW 125th Street. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2019Heavy RainEmathla-Daily storm total rainfall at the gauge location was up to 2.16 inches.

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
Blitchton2.4 miles16
Fellowship2.5 miles17
Golden Hills3.9 miles17
Ocala Park Ranch4.3 miles16
Cara4.5 miles16
Martin5.4 miles16
Mount Olive5.6 miles17
Ocala Estates5.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 303907. 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.