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Rocksprings, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Dunnellon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34481. The Survey maps it on the Dunnellon quadrangle.

Rocksprings within Marion County

Then and now

1892 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rocksprings, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Rocksprings, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

298 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 298 fires within 5 miles of Rocksprings between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,314 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 25 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
Debris and open burning77
Railroad operations and maintenance66
Equipment and vehicle use48
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Natural25
Arson/incendiarism25
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking2
Other causes2

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
26 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSW 30TH LN (42)
24 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service101 AVE LANE(42)
22 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-08-1096 MARION
18 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2004-08-0710/LAKE TROPICANA
1 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Rolling Hills2.6 miles17
Leroy (historical)3.1 miles17
Rainbow Falls (historical)3.1 miles18
Hoyt3.4 miles17
Rainbow Park3.4 miles17
Rainbow Springs3.9 miles18
Rolling Ranches4.1 miles17
Luddersville4.2 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295584. 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.