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Oak Grove, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Bushnell-Center Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33597. The Survey maps it on the Webster quadrangle. It stands 92 feet above sea level.

Oak Grove within Sumter 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 Oak Grove, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Oak Grove, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

75 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Oak Grove between 1994 and 2020, burning about 893 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 7 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 burning28
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Other causes1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service747(60)
9 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service60/CR 721 FIRE/0870
20 August 1999Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service60/TERRY TOWN FIRE/0799
2 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service948
7 May 2017Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePOTTING SOIL (60)
31 May 2006Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service60/SPARKLEBERRY-0610
29 May 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresFlorida Forest Service60/REVEL POND-0658

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Oak Grove: 4 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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
Central Florida Excavating - Brown Fish PondSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Florida Crushed Stone - Center Hill QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
L.J.Stephens Transp., Centerhill QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Center Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Center Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mabel PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Sumter 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
Webster0.9 miles13
Linden2.7 miles13
Tarrytown3.2 miles13
Bevilles Corner3.5 miles15
Mabel3.8 miles10
Pilaklakha (historical)3.9 miles10
Center Hill4.4 miles10
Carver5.0 miles15

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 Oak GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q29094687The 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 287932. 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.