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Stanton, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Belleview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32195. The Survey maps it on the Lady Lake quadrangle.

Stanton within Marion County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stanton, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Stanton, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

201 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 201 fires within 5 miles of Stanton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,702 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 12 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 maintenance63
Equipment and vehicle use37
Debris and open burning30
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Natural18
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2

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
4 September 1992Natural60 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 42 (42)
8 August 2012Natural28 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBLACKBERRY RANCH (42)
6 August 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/25 FIRE
30 August 1997Debris and open burning50 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot 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 Stanton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Florida Rock Industries - Weirsdale MineSandProducer

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stanton in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2014: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2014Thunderstorm WindStanton-Trees were blown down along 190th Avenue.
November 2009Thunderstorm WindStanton-The public reported power lines blown down which caused power outages along 156th Place Road in Weirsdale. The time of the event was based on radar imagery.
September 2007Heavy RainStanton-A trained spotter reported heavy rainfall and 2 to 3 inches of standing water on the roadways between Weirsdale and Oklawaha in Marion county. Radar estimates were near 4 inches with locally higher amounts.

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
Weirsdale1.1 miles13
East Lake Weir1.7 miles10
Ocklawaha3.3 miles10
Sunset Harbor3.4 miles13
East Silver Springs Shore3.8 miles10
Lake Weir (historical)3.9 miles10
Lake Weir4.2 miles10
Starkes Ferry4.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 291621. 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.