BlockOkahumpka, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Leesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34748. It stands on Helena Run. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg West quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The 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.
On record in Okahumpka
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Campbell Houselisted 1999- Okahumpka Rosenwald Schoollisted 2022
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Leesburg West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
75 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Okahumpka (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 638 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 8 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 maintenance | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CLEARWATER (35) |
| 8 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/SECRETARIAT FIRE/0754 |
| 9 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/SPRAYFIELD FIRE/0658 |
| 6 June 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2001 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Okahumpka (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida China Clay Company Pit | Kaolin | Past Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294528. 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.