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Kendrick, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Ocala census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34475. The Survey maps it on the Reddick quadrangle. It stands 79 feet above sea level.

Kendrick within Marion County

Then and now

1893 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kendrick, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Kendrick, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Kendrick between 1992 and 2019, burning about 615 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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 maintenance41
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2

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
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNW 44TH AVE (42)
24 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBONFIRE(42)
9 July 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/B&M FIRE
9 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 2019Debris and open burning10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceZUBER (42)
16 June 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 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

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Kendrick: 12 producers, 6 past producers, 1 unknown. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Boutwell Limerock Mining - Clifton MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Counts Constr. - Martin MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Counts Construction Co. - H&M Katz MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
M.J. Stavola - Stavola's MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
M.J. Stavola - Zuber MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Marion Northside Stone - 441 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
White Construction Co., Inc.-CliftonLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Zuber Hi-Cal MillLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Castro PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cummer MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

21 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kendrick in 21 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 10 heavy rain, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
June 2015Thunderstorm WindKendrick$20,000Large trees were blown down at the Oak Tree Village Apartments and Campground. Four campers were damaged, and part of a roof was torn off of a duplex. No injuries were reported. The cost of damage was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data.
July 2025Heavy RainKendrick-Ocala CWOP station FW6750 reported 2.20 inches from 7:10 am to 8:05 am.
July 2025Heavy RainKendrick-Private weather station Ecowitt - KFLOCALA764 measured 3.43 inches of rain. About 2.8 inches fell between 7:30 AM and 8:30 AM. Rain began around 5 AM.
August 2025Heavy RainKendrick-A mesonet station FW6750 Ocala measured 4.19 inches of rain in the past 2 hours.
August 2025Heavy RainKendrick-Mesonet station FW6750 Ocala measured 2.14 inches of rain in the past hour.
August 2024FloodKendrick-Minor street flooding near Northwest 83rd Place and Northwest 15th Avenue. Radar estimates showed about 1 to 2 inches in the past hour.
May 2023Heavy RainKendrick-The mesonet station FW6750 Ocala measured 4.84 inches during the evening.
May 2023Heavy RainKendrick-The mesonet station FW6740 Ocala measured 5.82 inches of rainfall since about 8 pm local time (about 2 hrrainfall total).
May 2023Heavy RainKendrick-A mesonet station (FW6750 Ocala) measured 4.08 inchs of rainfall in one hour.
October 2022Heavy RainKendrick-A mesonet station measured 3.71 inches of rainfall in 2 hours.
August 2022Heavy RainKendrick-Mesonet station FW6750 Ocala measured 2.09 inches of rain within an hour.
July 2019LightningKendrick-One person was indirectly struck and injured by lightning while on a ladder. Lighting struck a tree nearby. The patient was transported to the hospital and was expected to be ok.
December 2018FloodKendrick-Minor flooding was reported along Highway 326.
April 2013Thunderstorm WindKendrick-A tree fell onto an apartment building and 3 people were displaced from their home.
July 2012Funnel CloudKendrick-Two funnel clouds were sighted near Highway 326 and Interstate 75.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindKendrick-Trees were blown down in Ocala.
March 2009Thunderstorm WindKendrick-Marion County Emergency Management reported several trees down with one tree blocking a highway. Small hail was also reported by a Sheriffs Deputy on Highway 27.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindKendrick-The Marion county dispatch center relayed a report of power lines down near County Road 329 and NW 18th Avenue.
July 2007Heavy RainKendrick-The public measured 2.84 inches of rainfall between 515 pm and 620 pm local time in Fellowship.
May 2007HailKendrick-Large hail was reported along Highway 326 and U.S. Highway 301/441, approximately 5 miles north of Ocala.
May 2007HailKendrick-Two to 4.5 inch hail stones were reported near Highway 326 and Highway 441, about 5 miles north of Ocala. Windows and windshields were broken by the hail in the Ocala Highland Estates neighborhood.

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
Regal Park0.3 miles16
Zuber1.2 miles16
Ocala Highlands Estates1.3 miles16
Oak2.8 miles17
Quail Meadows2.8 miles17
Ocala Park Ranch2.8 miles16
Martin3.0 miles16
Anthony3.9 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 KendrickAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17030571The 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 285051. 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.