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Shady, 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.

Shady within Marion County

Then and now

1895 to 1991

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Shady, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Shady, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

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

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Shady between 1992 and 2018, burning about 729 acres in total. 8 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
Railroad operations and maintenance34
Debris and open burning24
Equipment and vehicle use21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
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 August 2014Debris and open burning1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBASELINE(42)
24 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/70TH
18 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 August 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/SECO FIRE
29 July 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/475-A FIRE
29 July 2001Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWINDING OAKS FARMS (42)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Shady: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Counts Constr. - Pansey Britt MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Britt MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Canal PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Santos PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

16 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shady in 16 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 8 heavy rain, 4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2026LightningShady$100,000Broadcast media reported Marion County firefighters were called to a house fire on Southwest 115th Street around 8:19 p.m. The 911 caller told them the home was struck by lightning and the attic was filling with smoke. The roof caught on fire and quickly destroyed much of the inside of the home. The lightning caused a large hole in the roof. The family has been displaced. No injuries or fatalities.
July 2019LightningShady$5,000Lightning caused a structure fire at 9700 Block SW 56th Circle. The time of damage was based on lightning data. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for Storm Data.
July 2025Heavy RainShady-A CWOP station DW0617 in Ocala reported 2.83 inches of rainfall from 3:15 pm to 4:10 pm.
May 2025HailShady-A trained spotter reported penny size hail and estimated wind gusts in excess of 50 mph along State Road 200 to the south of Ocala International Airport.
July 2024Heavy RainShady-A public weather station N4AXX Radio SW - | KFLOCALA471 measured 4.61 inches from | training storms. Rain began around 4:50 PM | EDT.
April 2023HailShady-Quarter size hail was observed near SW 68th Court in Ocala.
December 2023Heavy RainShady-A mesonet site about 7 miles south of the Ocala Airport measured 5.20 inches of storm total rainfall since midnight.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindShady-A tree was blown down at the intersection of 90th Street and South Highway 475. Traffic was blocked.
April 2014Heavy RainShady-An observer measured 3.60 inches of rainfall since midnight. Most rainfall fell from a single thunderstorm in the afternoon.
November 2014Heavy RainShady-Spotter measured 3.68 since midnight.
September 2013Thunderstorm WindShady-A spotter estimated wind gusts to 60 mph which damage a tool shed and blew a large oak tree down.
September 2013HailShady-Quarter to nickel size hail was observed.
July 2012HailShady-Quarter size hail was reported in Marion with wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph which caused tree debris.
July 2012Heavy RainShady-Storm total rainfall within 2 hours was 2 inches.
September 2009Heavy RainShady-The public measured 4.68 inches of rainfall in 24 hours.
September 2009Heavy RainShady-A spotter reported 2.42 inches of rainfall in one hour (from 9-10 pm EDT).

Every storm 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
Ocala Waterway2.2 miles16
Saddle Oak Club3.2 miles17
Bahia Oaks3.3 miles17
Santos4.1 miles17
Ross Prairie4.4 miles16
Camp Roosevelt4.5 miles16
Ocala Sun RV Resort4.6 miles16
On Top of the World5.0 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294921. 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.