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Arlington, Florida

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34453. The Survey maps it on the Inverness quadrangle.

Arlington within Citrus County

Then and now

1895 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Arlington, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Arlington, surveyed 1895

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 24 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

148 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Arlington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,337 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 18 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
Natural34
Equipment and vehicle use24
Railroad operations and maintenance22
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Smoking1

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
25 September 2003Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service145
20 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service09/SAND FIRE 0628
5 August 1996Natural17 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2000Natural57 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service09/ST JAMES FIRE/0916
12 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service09/MIKES TRAIL 13 FIRE/0971

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Citrus County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Arlington: 2 past producers, 2 plants, 1 unknown, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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
Lecanto QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Citrus Co. Board of Co. Comm. - Landfill Expansion MineSandUnknown
J and L Croft Co. - Croft PitSandProducer
Acton Mine & MillPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Howard Phosphate MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Kellogg Mine & MillPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant

Every working recorded in Citrus County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arlington in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2015LightningArlington$126,000Broadcast media reported on a fire at a home in Inverness, that was believed to be caused by a lightning strike. No one was injured, but the damage was reported to be roughly $126,000.
March 2014Thunderstorm WindArlington$5,000The Inverness Fire Department reported a tree was knocked down onto a residence on East Perry Street.

Every storm recorded in Citrus 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
Hernando2.2 miles25
Inverness2.8 miles24
Citrus Hills4.1 miles23
Beverly Hills6.1 miles23
Big Hammock (historical)6.7 miles25
Lecanto6.9 miles25
Black Diamond7.3 miles23
Holder7.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294657. 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.