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Red Level, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Crystal River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34428. The Survey maps it on the Red Level quadrangle.

Red Level within Citrus County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Red Level, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Red Level, surveyed 1954

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

397 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 397 fires within 5 miles of Red Level between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,986 acres in total. 188 started naturally. 26 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
Natural188
Railroad operations and maintenance47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Debris and open burning38
Equipment and vehicle use35
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
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
9 September 2009Debris and open burning385 acresFlorida Forest ServicePRESERVE FIRE
8 September 1999Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2004Natural12 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINK FIRE-0739
28 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1997Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1997Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2016Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePALM TREE (09)
11 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service09/BARGE FIRE/0912

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Citrus County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Red Level: 5 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
E.M. Kellogg - Kellogg's MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer
Crystal River QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gulf Coast QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Red Level MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tanner MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crystal River Quarries - Red LevelDolomiteProducerDolomite
Red Level Dolomite PitDolomitePast Producer
Turner's Farm Dolomite ProspectDolomiteOccurrence
Unnamed Dolomite ProspectDolomiteOccurrence
Unnamed Dolomite ProspectDolomiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Citrus County

Storms near this place

5 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Level in 5 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2022Thunderstorm WindRed Level2 hurt, $150,000A line of strong to severe thunderstorms produced what|was determined to be a swath of straight-line damage across areas|of Levy and Citrus counties near the Withlacoochee River and Lake|Rousseau...with most damage strewn toward the northeast. One|manufactured home suffered major roof damage with minor roof|damage reported at multiple additional homes. Numerous trees and|power lines were also downed. 2 people sustained injuries after|becoming trapped inside an RV travel trailer that was blown over.
September 2021FloodRed Level$10,000,000Emergency Management assessed around 200 properties with flood damage as a result of locally heavy rainfall over the course of the week coupled with swollen creeks and rivers along with saturated soils. A rising water table also contributed to the flooding. Damage ranges from water intrusion into homes to water rising into home-adjacent locations such as garages or areas beneath homes. Water levels remain elevated with some properties still to be assessed and some streets and highways still impassable.
October 2002Tornado (F0)Red Level$50,000no account filed
November 2008Thunderstorm WindRed Level$15,000A few trees and powerlines were downed by wind and there was minor damage to three homes.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindRed Level$10,000Power lines were reported down on Riverside Drive in Yankeetown.

Every storm recorded in Citrus 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
Citronelle3.6 miles14
Crystal River5.2 miles14
Paradise Point6.4 miles14
Cutlers7.9 miles15
Black Diamond8.9 miles23
Pine Ridge8.9 miles23
Citrus Springs9.0 miles23
Ozello10.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294904. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.