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Summerfield, Florida

17 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 34491. The Survey maps it on the Belleview quadrangle. It stands 89 feet above sea level.

Summerfield 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 Summerfield, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Summerfield, surveyed 1895

Compare 1895 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

184 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Summerfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 913 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 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 maintenance60
Debris and open burning41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use24
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service725
22 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2012Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 25 (42)
7 July 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service484ROCKPIT(42)
9 June 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 June 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service36 FIRE/MARION/NOV & SUPP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Summerfield: 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Pedro MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bedrock Resources - S.R. 42 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Boutwell Constr. Co. - Candler MineSandProducer
Boutwell Limerock Mining - C.R. 484 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Loar's Excavating Co. - Loar's Sand MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

20 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Summerfield in 20 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 lightning, 2 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 22 injuries. 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
January 1995Tornado (F2)Summerfield1 killed, 20 hurt, $2,800,000An F2 tornado touched down at 0550 EST about one mile north of Pedro in Marion County and moved east about 12 miles before lifting about three-quarters miles north of Weirsdale. A man received fatal head injuries while sitting in his car outside a mobile home when the car was rolled four times. Another 20 persons, mostly those in mobile homes, were injured. The tornado destroyed or heavily damaged 66 mobile homes with less extensive damage to another 85 dwellings, mostly mobile homes. The hardest hit communities were Lake Weir Harbor Estates and Bird Island. (M53A)
August 1994Thunderstorm WindSummerfield2 hurt, $50,000Thunderstorm winds blew down power lines and large trees. One tree fell onto a car injuring two of its four occupants. The roof of a house in Summerfield was peeled off.
March 2024Funnel CloudSummerfield-The NWS received multiple reports of a funnel cloud just SE of Belleview. Pictures were shared from both the public and spotters.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindSummerfield-A tree was blown down across the road near the intersection of US Highway 441 and SE 92nd Loop. The time of damage was based on radar data.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindSummerfield-A tree was blown down and blocked all lanes of traffic on SE 147th Place at SE 77th Court in Summerfield. The time of damage was based on radar.
December 2018Heavy RainSummerfield-The Del Webb Golf and Country Club measured a 24 hr rainfall of 4.79 inches.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindSummerfield-A tree was blown down in Summerfield. The time of damage was based on radar.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindSummerfield-Trees were blown down along 130th Avenue.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindSummerfield-Trees and power lines were blown down in Summerfield. The time of damage was based on radar imagery.
November 2014Heavy RainSummerfield-Observer measured 5.54 in 24 hours.
April 2013HailSummerfield-Nickel size hail was reported in Lake Weir.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindSummerfield-Trees were blown down across U.S. Highway 301 near Summerfield. The time of damage was based on radar data.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindSummerfield-Trees were blown down on Southeast 140th Street and in the Highlands Subdivision.
January 2011Thunderstorm WindSummerfield-Thunderstorm winds below down a tree at 12280 SE 89th Terrace in Belleview.
September 2007Thunderstorm WindSummerfield-Trees and power lines were blown down along 47th Avenue. A tornado warning was in effect.
June 2007HailSummerfield-The public reported penny size hail.
July 2007Thunderstorm WindSummerfield-Trees and power lines were blown down over the road at the intersection of Southeast 107 Court and Southeast 132nd Place in Lake Weir. Trees and power lines were also blown down at 11890 Southeast Sunset Harbor Road in Lake Weir.
August 2005LightningSummerfield-no account filed
June 2004LightningSummerfield-no account filed
April 1999HailSummerfield-no account filed

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
Belleview Heights2.0 miles17
Orange Blossom Hills2.0 miles18
Lake Weir2.6 miles10
Dallas2.6 miles18
Sunset Harbor3.2 miles13
Belleview3.5 miles17
Danks Corner4.5 miles17
Monroes Corner4.7 miles17

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.

Wikipedia article on SummerfieldAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7637557The 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 291803. 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.