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Salt Springs, Florida

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32134. It lies near Lake Kerr Key. The Survey maps it on the Salt Springs quadrangle.

Salt Springs within Marion County

Then and now

1954 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Salt Springs, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Salt Springs, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

On record in Salt Springs

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

138 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Salt Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,684 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 15 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
Natural54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism15
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking3
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
8 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaLAKE KERR 1
28 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaSALT SPRINGS #19
25 September 2020Natural14 acresNational Forests in FloridaSALT SPRINGS ISLAND
16 September 1998Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaBEAR CREEK
15 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaBLUE CRAB
8 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in Floridanot named
8 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresNational Forests in Floridanot named
8 August 1992Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in Floridanot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Salt Springs: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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
John R. Dykes - Michigan City 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
Kerr City2.9 miles9
Point Pleasant4.0 miles9
Eureka9.1 miles10
Cedar Creek10.3 miles10
Tobacco Patch Landing11.5 miles9
Fort McCoy12.3 miles10
Lacota13.0 miles9
Hog Valley13.0 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306338. 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.