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Bealsville, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Plant City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33567. It stands on Howell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Nichols quadrangle.

Bealsville within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1955 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 33 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bealsville, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Bealsville, surveyed 1955

On record in Bealsville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

124 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Bealsville between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,521 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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
Railroad operations and maintenance36
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
2 September 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHAMILTON (53)
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service29 FIFTY CENT FIRE
7 June 2006Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service29 NICHOLS DUFF
28 June 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 June 2015Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCORONET (29)
21 June 2001Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 June 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bealsville: 2 plants, 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Agglite DebrisPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1935
Cristina ReservePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1935
Little Wheels, Inc. - Wellman-Lord Trust MineSandUnknown
Hopewell MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumProducer1985
Nichols MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumPast Producer1915, 1970
Imc Agrico - HopewellPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducerCollophane
New Wales ImcPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Nichols MillPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant

Every working recorded in Hillsborough 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
Trapnell2.0 miles12
Hopewell2.6 miles12
Coronet2.9 miles12
Hopewell Gardens3.5 miles13
Beattys Corner5.0 miles13
Keysville5.3 miles12
Plant City5.3 miles16
Youmans5.5 miles16

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.

Wikipedia article on BealsvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q19460413The 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 300103. 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.