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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.

Ocala Sun RV Resort 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 Sun RV Resort, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Ocala Sun RV Resort, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

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

227 since 1992

Regional 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/incendiarism47
Railroad operations and maintenance45
Equipment and vehicle use39
Debris and open burning37
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Natural9
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
9 August 2014Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBASELINE(42)
9 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMARION OAKS LANE FIRE
22 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 July 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 July 1998Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service23RD TER RD (42)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Britt MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Boutwell Limerock Mining - C.R. 484 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Counts Constr. - Pansey Britt MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

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
Marion Oaks1.6 miles16
Monroes Corner2.6 miles17
Danks Corner2.8 miles17
Ocala Waterway3.1 miles16
Pedro4.1 miles18
Shady4.6 miles16
Belleview Heights5.2 miles17
Ross Prairie5.3 miles16

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.