Maricamp, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Ocala census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34471. The Survey maps it on the Ocala East quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1895 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1895 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Ocala East quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Ocala East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
160 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Maricamp between 1992 and 2019, burning about 644 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARION/THE DOGWOOD FIRE |
| 8 August 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARION/SQUIRREL FIRE |
| 26 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SE 78TH ST (42) |
| 22 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 1993 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Maricamp: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S & E Contractors, Inc. - Baseline Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Canal Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ocala Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Santos Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montague | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Camp Roosevelt | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Huntington | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Ocala | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Santos | 3.7 miles | 17 | |
| Silver Springs | 4.2 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Springs Shores | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Shady | 6.2 miles | 16 |
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 Q122545167 | 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 295431. 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.






