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Blanton, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Central Pasco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33523. The Survey maps it on the Lacoochee quadrangle.

Blanton within Pasco County

Then and now

1955 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 23 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Blanton, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Blanton, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Blanton between 1992 and 2019, burning about 645 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning22
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4
Smoking3
Fireworks1
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 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLEAH (51)
5 September 2007Smoking1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service51/LYNAN FIRE/1116
27 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFlorida Forest Service27/ST CLAIR ISLAND FIRE/0915
6 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.4 acresFlorida Forest Service51/TRILBY FIRE/0738
24 July 2005Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service51/RAVINE FIRE/0544

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pasco County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Blanton: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Dot Dade City - Clay MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Pasco 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
Jessamine1.3 miles15
Chipco Township (historical)1.7 miles15
Chukuchatta (historical)2.9 miles15
Saint Joseph3.3 miles15
Tommytown3.3 miles12
Dade City4.2 miles14
Trilby4.4 miles12
Moss Town4.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278980. 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.