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.
Then and now
1892 to 1991The 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.


Compare 1892 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1892 USGS Dunnellon quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Dunnellon quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Cotton Plant quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Dunnellon quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Cotton Plant quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
144 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 38 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 225 FIRE (42) |
| 23 July 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SW 41ST (42) |
| 6 June 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castro Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Counts Constr. - 140th Ave. Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Loncala Phosphate - Minehead Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Number 8 Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Olive | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Cotton Plant | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Sherman Oaks | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Early Bird | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Fellowship | 3.2 miles | 17 | |
| Martel | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| York | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Ocala Thoroughbred Acres | 4.1 miles | 17 |
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.








