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Ocala Park Ranch, 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 34482. The Survey maps it on the Reddick quadrangle.

Ocala Park Ranch 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 Park Ranch, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Ocala Park Ranch, 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Ocala Park Ranch between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,015 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 maintenance37
Debris and open burning35
Equipment and vehicle use15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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)
20 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2003-08-1094
9 July 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2011Debris and open burning10 acresFlorida Forest Service225 FIRE (42)
2 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePUTNAM/B&M FIRE
9 June 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder 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

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Ocala Park Ranch: 11 producers, 5 past producers, 1 unknown. 11 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
M.J. Stavola - Stavola's MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
M.J. Stavola - Zuber MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
White Construction Co., Inc.-CliftonLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Zuber Hi-Cal MillLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Castro PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cummer MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gulf Hammock 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
Golden Hills1.7 miles17
Zuber2.4 miles16
Quail Meadows2.5 miles17
Kendrick2.8 miles16
Regal Park3.1 miles16
Martin3.3 miles16
Fellowship3.8 miles17
Ocala Highlands Estates4.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 303923. 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.