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Sunset Harbor, 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 34491. It lies near Bird Island. The Survey maps it on the Lady Lake quadrangle.

Sunset Harbor 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 Sunset Harbor, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Sunset Harbor, 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

150 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Sunset Harbor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 918 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 7 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 maintenance59
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
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
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)
4 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/25 FIRE
30 August 1997Debris and open burning50 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2012Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHIGHWAY 25 (42)
8 July 1993Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sunset Harbor: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, 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
Bedrock Resources - S.R. 42 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Boutwell Constr. Co. - Candler MineSandProducer
Loar's Excavating Co. - Loar's Sand MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

4 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunset Harbor in 4 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2022Heavy RainSunset Harbor-A personal weather observation site JNG10939 - KFLSUMME125 measured 2.73 inches of rain. The rain began around 3:40 PM EDT. Surrounding weather observation sites ranged between 1.5 to 2.5 inches. A flood warning was in effect.
July 2022Funnel CloudSunset Harbor-A funnel cloud was observed over Lake Weir.
November 2014Heavy RainSunset Harbor-Observer measured 6.17 in 24 hours.
February 2007Thunderstorm WindSunset Harbor-Fencing shattered in neighborhood.

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
Orange Blossom Hills1.2 miles18
Lake Weir1.9 miles10
Weirsdale3.0 miles13
Summerfield3.2 miles17
Stanton3.4 miles13
Dallas3.6 miles18
East Lake Weir4.2 miles10
Ocklawaha4.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 291864. 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.