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Berkshire Lakes, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Naples census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34104. The Survey maps it on the Belle Meade NW quadrangle.

Berkshire Lakes 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 Berkshire Lakes, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Berkshire Lakes, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

351 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 351 fires within 5 miles of Berkshire Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,712 acres in total. 92 started naturally. 36 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
Natural92
Railroad operations and maintenance73
Missing data/not specified/undetermined70
Arson/incendiarism36
Equipment and vehicle use27
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Recreation and ceremony10
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking2
Fireworks2

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 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1999Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1999Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2017Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServicePAYTON PRESERVE (11)
22 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collier County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Berkshire Lakes: 7 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Berkshire LakeLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Harper Brothers - Berkshire Lk. QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Macasphalt - Golden Gate QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Southern Sand and Stone - Willow RunLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Golden Gate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Golden Gate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Golden Gate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Naples Limerock North QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Virgil Marcom PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

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
East Naples2.6 miles15
Golden Gate2.6 miles15
Naples3.8 miles15
Lely4.0 miles14
The Moorings4.4 miles15
Vineyards4.8 miles15
Naples Manor4.9 miles14
Port Royal4.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806003. 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.