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Baskin, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Clearwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33778. It stands on Long Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Clearwater quadrangle.

Baskin within Pinellas County

Then and now

1921 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Baskin, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Baskin, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

14 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Baskin between 1993 and 2016, burning about 74 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
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
7 July 2001Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2015Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSEMINOLE (52)
13 July 1993Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 June 1993Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Service52 SEMINOLE PARK
22 April 1998Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 April 2006Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service52 102ND
26 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFlorida Forest Service52 WALSINGHAM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinellas County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Baskin: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Largo Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Pinellas County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baskin in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 3 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2009LightningBaskin1 hurtA 77-year-old man was struck by lightning while standing inside a metal shed and holding the handle on an electrical cart. The hand that was holding the cart where he was struck was numb for a few hours and he was sent to the hospital for testing.
March 2011Thunderstorm WindBaskin$250,000Thunderstorm winds gusts snapped small tree trunks, pushed over shallow rooted trees, and caused damage to around 150 homes and mobile homes over a one mile square area near Ulmerton Road.
August 2024LightningBaskin$10,000County dispatch reported a residential fire due to lightning near Redington Shores causing minor damage.
July 2015LightningBaskin$5,000Pinellas County Fire Rescue reported a lightning strike to a house in the Largo area. The home was evacuated and there was a brief local road closure of 126th Terrace N and 128th Lane N. Extent of damage to the home is unknown.

Every storm recorded in Pinellas 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
Ridgecrest0.4 miles15
Largo1.0 miles15
Ulmerton1.3 miles15
Walsingham1.4 miles15
Habor Bluffs1.7 miles15
Anona1.9 miles15
Harbor Bluffs1.9 miles15
Belleair Bluffs2.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278157. 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.