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Luddersville, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Dunnellon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34432. The Survey maps it on the Romeo quadrangle.

Luddersville within Marion County

Then and now

1892 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Luddersville, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Luddersville, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

318 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 318 fires within 5 miles of Luddersville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,935 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 32 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
Debris and open burning79
Railroad operations and maintenance75
Equipment and vehicle use47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Arson/incendiarism32
Natural28
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes3
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
26 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSW 30TH LN (42)
22 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-08-1096 MARION
18 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2004-08-0710/LAKE TROPICANA
1 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2016Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSE 194TH COURT(38)
24 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

7 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Luddersville in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2019Heavy RainLuddersville-The public measured 7.24 inches since 9 pm the previous night. About 3.5 inches fell in about 1 hr between 3-4 pm local time.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindLuddersville-Power lines and trees were blown down along SW 180th Avenue. A brush fire also occurred due to the damage. The time was based on radar.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLuddersville-A tree and power line were blown down along SW 57th Street. The time of damage was based on radar.
June 2011HailLuddersville-Quarter size hail was reported at the Dollar General along Highway 41.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindLuddersville-An employee at the T & F Electric Company reported several trees were blown down along Breezy Point Road.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindLuddersville-A trained storm spotter also reported a funnel cloud in the same location.
May 2015HailLuddersville-no account filed

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
Hoyt2.3 miles17
Rainbow Springs2.9 miles18
Rainbow Lakes Estates3.2 miles17
Romeo3.3 miles17
Rainbow Park3.6 miles17
Rainbow Falls (historical)3.9 miles18
Rocksprings4.2 miles18
Early Bird5.5 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.

Wikidata item Q122539037The 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 308570. 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.

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.