BlockRoss Prairie, 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 34476. The Survey maps it on the Shady quadrangle.
Then and now
1895 to 1991The 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.
Compare 1895 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1895 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Shady quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Shady quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
156 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Ross Prairie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,552 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 28 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 | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-08-1071 |
| 28 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARION OAKS PASS |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARION/70TH |
| 19 August 2001 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 2018 | Natural | 17 acres | Florida Forest Service | 89TH ST (42) |
| 13 August 1997 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 1996 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| On Top of the World | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Ocala Waterway | 2.9 miles | 16 | |
| Bahia Oaks | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Saddle Oak Club | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Shady | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Rolling Ranches | 5.2 miles | 17 | |
| Ocala Sun RV Resort | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Rolling Hills | 5.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2054835. 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.