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Beattys Corner, Florida

13 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 33566. The Survey maps it on the Dover quadrangle.

Beattys Corner 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 Beattys Corner, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Beattys Corner, surveyed 1955

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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Beattys Corner between 1992 and 2019, burning about 693 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 maintenance24
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Fireworks1
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
23 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSYDNEY DOVER (29)
23 June 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 June 2011Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Service60 WEST (29)
16 June 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service910
14 June 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceALSOBROOK (29)
10 June 1993Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 May 2012Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSAND MINE (29)
5 May 1995Railroad operations and maintenance40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough 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 Beattys Corner: 3 producers, 1 unknown, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, 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
Dot Tampa - Sydney Washer MineSandUnknownSand
East Pierce DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, Free, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1920
F.E. Stearns Peat - Stearns PitPeatProducer
Hopewell MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumProducer1985
Imc Agrico - HopewellPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducerCollophane

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
Turkey Creek1.1 miles13
Sydney2.0 miles13
Hopewell Gardens2.4 miles13
Dover3.2 miles13
Trapnell3.5 miles12
Snows Corner3.6 miles16
Hopewell3.6 miles12
Valrico4.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278355. 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.