Oak, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Ocala census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34479. The Survey maps it on the Anthony quadrangle.

Oak within Marion County

Then and now

1893 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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.

1893 USGS Citra quadrangle1:62500
1895 USGS Citra quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Anthony quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1978 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 545 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 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	46
Debris and open burning	34
Equipment and vehicle use	19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	18
Misuse of fire by a minor	14
Arson/incendiarism	12
Natural	7
Recreation and ceremony	2
Smoking	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
24 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	BONFIRE(42)
2 September 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	120TH ST(42)
9 July 2016	Natural	3.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	WATER TREATMENT(42)
9 July 1995	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
2 July 2006	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	PUTNAM/B&M FIRE
11 July 2015	Natural	4.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	INDIAN LAKE STATE FOREST (42)
9 June 2000	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 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:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Oak: 9 producers, 5 past producers, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Boutwell Limerock Mining - Clifton Mine	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Counts Constr. - Martin Mine	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Counts Construction Co. - H&M Katz Mine	Limestone, General	Unknown	Limestone
M.J. Stavola - Stavola's Mine	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Marion Northside Stone - 441 Mine	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
White Construction Co., Inc.-Clifton	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
Zuber Hi-Cal Mill	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Cummer Mine	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Kendrick Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Lehigh Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Ocala Highlands Estates	1.5 miles	16
Regal Park	2.5 miles	16
Anthony	2.6 miles	17
Kendrick	2.8 miles	16
Zuber	3.6 miles	16
Silver Springs	3.9 miles	16
Ocala	4.7 miles	17
Martin	4.9 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 287922. 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.