Ocala Sun RV Resort, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Belleview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34473. The Survey maps it on the Shady quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1991The 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.


Compare 1895 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1895 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Shady quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Shady quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
227 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Ocala Sun RV Resort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,574 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 47 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | BASELINE(42) |
| 9 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MARION OAKS LANE FIRE |
| 22 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 July 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 23RD TER RD (42) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Ocala Sun RV Resort: 3 producers. All of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britt Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Boutwell Limerock Mining - C.R. 484 Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Counts Constr. - Pansey Britt Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marion Oaks | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Monroes Corner | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Danks Corner | 2.8 miles | 17 | |
| Ocala Waterway | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Pedro | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Shady | 4.6 miles | 16 | |
| Belleview Heights | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Ross Prairie | 5.3 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2675398. 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.






