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Lynne, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the East Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34488. The Survey maps it on the Lynne quadrangle.

Lynne within Marion County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

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 Lynne, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Lynne, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

392 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 392 fires within 5 miles of Lynne between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,490 acres in total. 86 started naturally. 52 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/undetermined108
Natural86
Arson/incendiarism52
Debris and open burning49
Recreation and ceremony35
Equipment and vehicle use21
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking6
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaDAYTONA 2
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresNational Forests in Floridanot named
4 September 2001Debris and open burning15 acresNational Forests in FloridaWELDENA
4 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresNational Forests in Floridanot named
29 September 2019Recreation and ceremony16 acresNational Forests in FloridaSHERRILLS MILL
27 September 1993Natural25 acresNational Forests in Floridanot named
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaBREAM POND NORTH
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresNational Forests in FloridaBREAM POND MIDDLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lynne: 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Lynn MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Owens M B PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Standard Sand and Silica - Lynne MineSandProducer
Lynne ClayClayPast Producer
S & E Contractors, Inc. - Dr. Slaughter Fish MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lynne in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 8 thunderstorm wind, 4 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
June 2001Thunderstorm WindLynne$3,500Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2006Thunderstorm WindLynne$2,000no account filed
May 1997Thunderstorm WindLynne$1,000Large trees were blown down along SR-40 in the Ocala National Forest.
February 2006HailLynne$1,000no account filed
August 2015Thunderstorm WindLynne$500A large tree was blown down near the intersection of North Highway 314A and East Highway 40. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindLynne$500Multiple trees were blown down. The cost of damage was unknown, but estimated for the event to be included in StormData (likely an underestimate).
May 2023Heavy RainLynne-A public station along Owens Lake just north of State Road 40 in Lynne measured 4.14 inches of rain in about 3 hours.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindLynne-The Ocala Electric Utility reported trees down on power lines along Southeast 24th Street in Silver Springs.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindLynne-Trees were blown down across many areas of east Ocala.
February 2006HailLynne-no account filed
May 2005HailLynne-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindLynne-no account filed
March 1996HailLynne-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
Forest Corners1.6 miles9
Lacota2.9 miles9
Lynn2.9 miles10
Bruceville3.3 miles9
Nubys Corner3.4 miles9
Grahamsville3.8 miles9
Conner4.0 miles9
Electra4.8 miles9

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 LynneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20065062The 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 305997. 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.