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Bayview, Florida

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Clearwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33759. It stands on Allen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Safety Harbor quadrangle.

Bayview within Pinellas County

Then and now

1921 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bayview, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Bayview, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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

19 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Bayview between 1992 and 2016, burning about 135 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 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/incendiarism5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
29 July 1993Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 July 1995Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 June 2010Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service52 SAFETY HARBOR FIRE
17 June 2009Arson/incendiarism18 acresFlorida Forest Service29 MOBBLY FIRE
24 May 1993Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 May 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTECH DATA
2 April 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service52 PHILLIPPI PARKWAY
8 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresFlorida Forest Service52 POWER PLANT

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 Bayview: 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

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
Dellwood1.6 miles20
Coachman1.9 miles20
Safety Harbor2.3 miles20
Highpoint3.0 miles20
South Highpoint3.0 miles20
High Point3.1 miles20
Four Corners3.2 miles20
Feather Sound4.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278257. 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.