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Kerr City, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32134. It lies near Kauffmans Island. The Survey maps it on the Lake Kerr quadrangle.

Kerr City within Marion County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kerr City, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Kerr City, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

On record in Kerr City

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Kerr City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,508 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 20 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
Natural42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning18
Recreation and ceremony12
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaLAKE KERR 1
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism11 acresNational Forests in FloridaBUCKSKIN
28 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaSALT SPRINGS #19
25 September 2020Natural14 acresNational Forests in FloridaSALT SPRINGS ISLAND
15 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaBLUE CRAB
8 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in Floridanot named
8 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresNational Forests in Floridanot named
4 August 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaISLAND 2

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 Kerr City: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
John R. Dykes - Michigan City MineSandUnknown
Ocala PittClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kerr City in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 heavy rain, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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
December 1996Thunderstorm WindKerr City$150no account filed
July 2025Heavy RainKerr City-The Lake George RAWS station reported 2.18 inches of rainfall in one hour.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindKerr City-Multiple trees down and bent in the same direction at the intersection of CR 316 and National Forest Rd 97. Photos relayed from Ocala National Forest, Lake George R.D.
July 2021Heavy RainKerr City-A personal weather station measured 4.14 inches of rainfall by the T Delancy East Shore area.
July 2021Heavy RainKerr City-The Lake George RAWs measured 4.80 inches of rain. The rain started around 3:30 pm.
July 2019Heavy RainKerr City-Daily storm total rainfall at the RAWs station west of Lake George was up to 2.67 inches.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindKerr City-Marion county dispatch reported widespread tree damage from strong thunderstorm winds across the county. The time of this event was based on radar imagery.

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
Point Pleasant1.6 miles9
Salt Springs2.9 miles9
Eureka6.4 miles10
Tobacco Patch Landing8.6 miles9
Cedar Creek9.2 miles10
Fort McCoy9.8 miles10
Hog Valley10.4 miles9
Bay Lake11.4 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305904. 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.