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Ocala Ridge, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Ocala census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34482. The Survey maps it on the Ocala West quadrangle.

Ocala Ridge within Marion County

Then and now

1895 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 96 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 Ridge, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Ocala Ridge, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

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.

Fires near this place

86 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Ocala Ridge between 1993 and 2019, burning about 599 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 maintenance25
Debris and open burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
24 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNW 44TH AVE (42)
22 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/SECO FIRE
29 July 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/475-A FIRE
9 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Ocala Ridge: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 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
White Construction Co., Inc.-CliftonLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Castro PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Kendrick PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Number 8 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ocala QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pit Number 1Stone, 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
Martel1.8 miles17
Quail Meadows2.0 miles17
Ocala Thoroughbred Acres2.1 miles17
Sherman Oaks2.3 miles17
Golden Hills3.6 miles17
Mount Olive3.8 miles17
Ocala3.9 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 Q122597016The 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 295498. 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.