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Bertha, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Oviedo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32765. The Survey maps it on the Orlando East quadrangle. It stands 66 feet above sea level.

Bertha within Seminole County

Then and now

1955 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bertha, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Bertha, surveyed 1955

Compare 1955 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

127 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 127 fires within 5 miles of Bertha between 1992 and 2020, burning about 386 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 12 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 maintenance42
Equipment and vehicle use27
Natural16
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Arson/incendiarism12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2
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
26 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service314
1 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1992Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 July 1992Railroad operations and maintenance20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 July 1992Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Bertha: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand. 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
Cecil A. Stone Co. - Stone PitSandProducer
Excavated Products - Sr 46 PitSandProducer
Sullivan Materials - Sullivan Materials MineSandUnknownSand

Every working recorded in Seminole 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
Gabriella1.3 miles14
Goldenrod1.3 miles14
Jamestown1.6 miles14
Slavia2.8 miles14
Alafaya Woods4.3 miles14
Oviedo4.7 miles14
Fern Park5.0 miles15
Casselberry5.2 miles15

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.

Wikidata item Q27988772The 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 294680. 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.