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Woods and Lakes, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the East Marion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32179. It lies near Sellers Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Halfmoon Lake quadrangle.

Woods and Lakes within Marion County

Then and now

1954 to 1999

The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Woods and Lakes, surveyed 1999
Topographic sheet of Woods and Lakes, surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

394 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 394 fires within 5 miles of Woods and Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,246 acres in total. 62 started naturally. 55 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined120
Natural62
Debris and open burning56
Arson/incendiarism55
Recreation and ceremony31
Equipment and vehicle use28
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking6
Fireworks2

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
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaDAYTONA 2
29 September 2019Recreation and ceremony16 acresNational Forests in FloridaSHERRILLS MILL
26 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaTOMAHAWK 3
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaBREAM POND NORTH
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.5 acresNational Forests in FloridaBREAM POND MIDDLE
13 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaBREAM POND SOUTH
1 September 2014Natural3.4 acresNational Forests in FloridaMUD PRAIRIE 13
9 August 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaWELLS POND

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 Woods and Lakes: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Lynne ClayClayPast Producer
Moss Bluff ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Owens M B PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working 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
Electra0.7 miles9
Moss Bluff3.0 miles10
Lynn3.3 miles10
Forest Lakes Park3.8 miles10
Forest Corners4.1 miles9
Coronado Pines4.1 miles10
Lynne5.1 miles9
East Silver Springs Shore5.8 miles10

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 Q122558938The 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 306945. 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.