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Ocklawaha, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Belleview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32179. The Survey maps it on the Lake Weir quadrangle. 1,508 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 59 feet above sea level.

Ocklawaha within Marion County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ocklawaha, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Ocklawaha, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

312 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 312 fires within 5 miles of Ocklawaha between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,178 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 21 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 maintenance88
Equipment and vehicle use66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined48
Debris and open burning36
Natural33
Arson/incendiarism21
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2
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
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaLAKE CATHERINE
4 September 1992Natural60 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 42 (42)
1 September 2014Natural3.4 acresNational Forests in FloridaMUD PRAIRIE 13
8 August 2012Natural28 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLACKBERRY RANCH (42)
6 August 1997Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/25 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ocklawaha: 2 producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, 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
Moss Bluff ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Boutwell Constr. Co. - Candler MineSandProducer
Florida Rock Industries - Weirsdale MineSandProducer
Loar's Excavating Co. - Loar's Sand MineSandUnknown

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
Lake Weir (historical)0.7 miles10
East Lake Weir1.9 miles10
Coronado Pines2.3 miles10
Candler2.9 miles10
East Silver Springs Shore2.9 miles10
Stanton3.3 miles13
Lake Weir3.5 miles10
Moss Bluff3.7 miles10

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.

Wikipedia article on OcklawahaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14686296The 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 307087. 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.