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.
Then and now
1892 to 1991The 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.


Compare 1892 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1892 USGS Dunnellon quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Dunnellon quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dunnellon quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Romeo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Romeo quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
318 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 79 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 75 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SW 30TH LN (42) |
| 22 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-08-1096 MARION |
| 18 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2004-08-0710/LAKE TROPICANA |
| 1 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SE 194TH COURT(38) |
| 24 August 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | Luddersville | - | 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luddersville | - | 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 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luddersville | - | A tree and power line were blown down along SW 57th Street. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Luddersville | - | Quarter size hail was reported at the Dollar General along Highway 41. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luddersville | - | An employee at the T & F Electric Company reported several trees were blown down along Breezy Point Road. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Luddersville | - | A trained storm spotter also reported a funnel cloud in the same location. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Luddersville | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoyt | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Rainbow Springs | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Rainbow Lakes Estates | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Romeo | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Rainbow Park | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Rainbow Falls (historical) | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Rocksprings | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Early Bird | 5.5 miles | 17 |
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 Q122539037 | 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 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.








