York, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fellowship census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34481. The Survey maps it on the Cotton Plant quadrangle.
Then and now
1892 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1892 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1892 USGS Dunnellon quadrangle1:62500
- 1894 USGS Dunnellon quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Cotton Plant quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Dunnellon quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Cotton Plant quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
160 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of York between 1992 and 2019, burning about 666 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 16 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SW 30TH LN (42) |
| 24 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 1999 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARION/70TH |
| 16 August 2018 | Natural | 17 acres | Florida Forest Service | 89TH ST (42) |
| 13 August 1997 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 1996 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of York: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Counts Constr. - 140th Ave. Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Number 8 Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
15 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names York in 15 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 5 heavy rain, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Lightning | York | $5,000 | Lightning struck a home along SE 90th Court. The cost of damage was unknown but estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | $3,000 | A tree was blown down onto a street lamp. The street lamp fell on a home. This occurred in the the On Top of the World subdivision. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. |
| July 2025 | Heavy Rain | York | - | A mesonet site CWOP AD4UU in Ocala FL reported 2.96 inches of rain in one hour. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | - | A tree was blown down just north of SW 103rd Street. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| June 2023 | Heavy Rain | York | - | A spotter measured 5.18 inches of rainfall over a 7 hour period. |
| December 2023 | Heavy Rain | York | - | A mesonet station about 5 miles SW of the Ocala Airport measured daily storm total rainfall of 6.54 inches as of 5:45 am. |
| March 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | - | A mesonet station AV369 in Ocala measured a thunderstorm wind of 73 mph. Around this time, an EF1 tornado was passing nearby. |
| September 2022 | Heavy Rain | York | - | A mesonet station AV639 about 5 miles SW of the Ocala Airport measured 2.29 inches of rainfall. |
| August 2020 | Lightning | York | - | A lightning strike at a golf course injured 4 people. The bolt struck the ground near the people. |
| May 2020 | Hail | York | - | Nickel size hail was reported near State Road 200 and SW 105th Street. |
| August 2019 | Heavy Rain | York | - | The 24-hr rainfall was 2.06 inches. |
| April 2019 | Hail | York | - | Nickel size hail was reported on 80th Street just SW of the Ocala Airport. |
| April 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | York | - | An EF1 tornado touched down just east of State Road 200 at the Oak Run Country Club. Spotty EF0 damage was noted throughout the Oak Run neighborhood. The tornado continued on an east to east-northeast path into the Palm Cay subdivision, where it reached its maximum intensity of EF1. Spotter EF0 damage was noted just south of SW 103rd Street at the conclusion of the tornado path, which was about 2 miles in length. The duration of this tornado was likely less than 5 minutes. There was significant roof and tree damage within the small EF1 damage. The cost of damage was unknown. |
| May 2014 | Hail | York | - | A spotter reported dime to quarter size hail in On Top of The World that lasted for 10 minutes. |
| August 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | York | - | Trees and power lines were blown down about seven miles east of Rainbow Lakes Estates. Trees and power lines were also blown down just north of Dunnellon and in Marion Oaks. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leroy (historical) | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cotton Plant | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Rolling Hills | 2.9 miles | 17 | |
| Ocala Thoroughbred Acres | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Sherman Oaks | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Ocala Estates | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Mount Olive | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Martel | 3.8 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295722. 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.








