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Linadale, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the East Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32784. The Survey maps it on the Emeralda Island quadrangle.

Linadale within Marion County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

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 Linadale, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Linadale, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

185 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Linadale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,670 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined50
Natural33
Debris and open burning24
Railroad operations and maintenance23
Arson/incendiarism23
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Firearms and explosives use1

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
5 September 2002Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaNICOTOON
10 September 1997Natural75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service35/RED BARN/0858
5 August 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaLINADALE
31 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2000Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service35/BRIDLE FIRE1014

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Linadale: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 - Marion Sand MineSandProducer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linadale in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 2 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
June 2019Thunderstorm WindLinadale-Several trees were blown down within the Ocala National Forest. The time of damage was based on radar.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindLinadale-The Marion County Division of Public Safety reported trees down near Highways 42 and 450. The time of the 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
Big Scrub3.4 miles10
Starkes Ferry3.8 miles12
East Silver Springs Shore7.6 miles10
Stanton8.1 miles13
East Lake Weir8.2 miles10
Forest Lakes Park8.3 miles10
Weirsdale8.4 miles13
Moss Bluff9.9 miles10

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 Q122541865The 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 307800. 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.