Big Hammock, Florida

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1895 1979

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.

• 1895 USGS Tsala Apopka quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
• 1954 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1954 USGS Lecanto quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
• 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
• 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
• 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
• 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Big Hammock (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,186 acres in total. 69 started naturally. 28 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Landrum
• Inverness
• Lecanto
• Arlington
• Black Diamond
• Citrus Hills

Every fire recorded in Citrus County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Big Hammock (historical): 5 producers, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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.

Every working recorded in Citrus County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294560. 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.