Santos, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Ocala census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34480. The Survey maps it on the Belleview 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 17 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
- 1967 USGS Belleview quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Belleview quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
192 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Santos between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,604 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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 | 51 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARION/92 PLACE FIRE |
| 16 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SE 85TH LANE(42) |
| 10 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARION/THE DOGWOOD FIRE |
| 9 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | BASELINE(42) |
| 8 August 2004 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARION/SQUIRREL FIRE |
| 3 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BAHIA FIRE/ MARION |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Santos: 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boutwell Limerock Mining - C.R. 484 Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Counts Constr. - Pansey Britt Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Margie Wood Trucking, Inc. - Margie Wood Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| S & E Contractors, Inc. - Baseline Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Britt Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Canal Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Santos Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santos in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santos | $1,000 | A few trees were blown down between Ocala and Belleview. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santos | $500 | A tree was blown down across the southbound lane of SW 36th Avenue. The time of damage was based on radar data. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santos | - | Marion County Dispatch reported a tree was blown down into power lines in the Juniper Court area. |
| August 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santos | - | Thunderstorm wind downed trees and power lines near SE 80th and SE 42nd Streets SSE of Ocala and north of Belleview. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| June 2017 | Heavy Rain | Santos | - | A spotter measured 4.62 inches in less than 30 minutes. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santos | - | A Post Office employee reported a large tree fell on their house. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camp Roosevelt | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Montague | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Maricamp | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Silver Springs Shores | 3.8 miles | 17 | |
| Belleview | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Shady | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Huntington | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Ocala | 5.9 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122563585 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290665. 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.






