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Ocala Highlands Estates, Florida

16 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 34475. The Survey maps it on the Reddick quadrangle.

Ocala Highlands Estates 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 sheet of Ocala Highlands Estates, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Ocala Highlands Estates, surveyed 1893

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

142 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Ocala Highlands Estates between 1992 and 2019, burning about 640 acres in total. 3 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 maintenance46
Debris and open burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNW 44TH AVE (42)
24 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBONFIRE(42)
9 July 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/B&M FIRE
9 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 1996Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 2019Debris and open burning10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceZUBER (42)
23 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenance2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Ocala Highlands Estates: 10 producers, 5 past producers, 1 unknown. 10 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boutwell Limerock Mining - Clifton MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Counts Constr. - Martin MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Counts Construction Co. - H&M Katz MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Cummer MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kendrick PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lehigh QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
M.J. Stavola - Stavola's MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
M.J. Stavola - Zuber MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Marion Northside Stone - 441 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Martin QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Regal Park1.0 miles16
Kendrick1.3 miles16
Oak1.5 miles17
Zuber2.1 miles16
Anthony2.9 miles17
Martin3.6 miles16
Quail Meadows3.8 miles17
Ocala Park Ranch4.1 miles16

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 Q122558241The 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 303924. 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.