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Belle Meade, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Everglades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34114. The Survey maps it on the Belle Meade quadrangle.

Belle Meade within Collier County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Belle Meade, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Belle Meade, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Belle Meade between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,519 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 16 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
Natural59
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking2
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
8 August 1993Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 August 1996Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2007Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service11/OAK WILLOW FIRE
9 July 2014Natural20 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSABAL PALM (11)
8 July 2017Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceEAST (11)
7 July 2007Natural217 acresFlorida Forest Service11/ NO DINNER FIRE
6 July 2014Natural30 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROOKERY (11)
6 July 2007Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Service11/LITTLE SABLE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collier County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Belle Meade: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
Collier County Board of Co Comm. - Sr 951SandUnknown
Maples Limerock South QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
North QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wilson, Miller, Et. Al. - Southwood MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Collier 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
Pelican Lake Motorcoach Resort1.1 miles14
Winding Cypress1.7 miles14
Old Marco Junction1.9 miles14
Lely Resort2.1 miles14
Shell Island2.5 miles14
Naples Manor3.0 miles14
Lely3.8 miles14
Isles of Capri4.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278448. 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.