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Ocala Estates, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fellowship census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34482. It lies near Sturgis Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Cotton Plant quadrangle.

Ocala Estates within Marion County

Then and now

1892 to 1991

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Ocala Estates, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Ocala Estates, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Ocala Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,080 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 9 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 burning38
Railroad operations and maintenance38
Equipment and vehicle use23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1

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
5 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2011Debris and open burning10 acresFlorida Forest Service225 FIRE (42)
23 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2001Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 June 1995Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 June 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSW 41ST (42)
6 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ocala Estates: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Castro PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Counts Constr. - 140th Ave. MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Loncala Phosphate - Minehead PlantLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Number 8 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Mount Olive1.3 miles17
Cotton Plant1.6 miles17
Sherman Oaks3.0 miles17
Early Bird3.2 miles17
Fellowship3.2 miles17
Martel3.5 miles17
York3.6 miles17
Ocala Thoroughbred Acres4.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 308566. 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.