Eureka, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Fort McCoy-Anthony census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32134. The Survey maps it on the Fort McCoy quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Fort Mc Coy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Ft McCoy quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Fort Mc Coy quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Eureka between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,590 acres in total. 61 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 61 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | TEUTON CREEK FIRE/MARION |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARION/EUREKA HYMIE |
| 15 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | PINE ISLAND 35 |
| 20 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Eureka: 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John R. Dykes - Magnolia Bluff Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Ocala Pitt | Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eureka in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Heavy Rain | Eureka | - | Evening rainfall was 3.53 inches. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | A tree was blown down south of the Oklawaha River Country Store along County Road 301. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eureka | - | Trees were blown down on County Road 314A. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Eureka | - | Emergency management reported nickel size hail began to fall about 10 miles west of Salt Springs around 630 pm. The hail increased to quarter size hail around 639 pm in Salt Springs. A wooden porch was lifted from a mobile home and a metal shed was blown down near Highway 88 and State Road 316 near Salt Springs around 639 pm. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort McCoy | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Tobacco Patch Landing | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Point Pleasant | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Bay Lake | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Kerr City | 6.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cedar Creek | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Burbank | 7.6 miles | 17 | |
| Hog Valley | 8.4 miles | 9 |
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 Eureka | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q116029263 | The 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 305642. 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.






