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Aqui Esta, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Punta Gorda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33950. It stands on North Fork Alligator Creek. The Survey maps it on the Punta Gorda quadrangle.

Aqui Esta within Charlotte County

Then and now

1956 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Aqui Esta, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Aqui Esta, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

268 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Aqui Esta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,953 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 14 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
Natural59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use43
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Debris and open burning23
Recreation and ceremony17
Arson/incendiarism14
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking2
Other causes1

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 1998Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2016Natural10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSHOTGUN (08)
2 September 2005Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service08-FARNHAM FIRE-0419
16 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServicePHEASANT BLVD (08)
7 August 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Service08-OAKVIEW FIRE-0466

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlotte County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Aqui Esta: 7 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Apac-Florida - Viercocken PitSandProducer
Earthsource - Earthsource's MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Hendrickson Seashell PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pit 31CalciumProducer
Rigby Airport PitCalciumProducer
Route 31 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sunland Paving Co. - Sunland Pelican PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Charlotte 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
Charlotte Park0.4 miles13
Burnt Store Lakes1.4 miles13
Punta Gorda1.6 miles13
Fishermens Village1.7 miles13
Punta Gorda Isles1.8 miles13
Acline2.2 miles13
Riviera Lagoons2.9 miles13
Solana3.0 miles13

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 Q122572808The 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 277927. 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.