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Bookertown, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Sanford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32771. The Survey maps it on the Sanford quadrangle.

Bookertown within Seminole County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bookertown, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Bookertown, surveyed 1955

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

103 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Bookertown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,495 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 10 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
Natural33
Railroad operations and maintenance24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
18 September 2008Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2008-10-0738
31 August 2013Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceKONOMAC LAKE (64)
25 August 2000Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2007Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF DUTCHMANS BEND DEBARRY
1 August 2006Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF WEST HIGH BANKS DEBARRY
8 July 2004Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2000Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2012Natural7.7 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFORT FLORIDA (64)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole 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 Bookertown: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. 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
Dot Oviedo - Oviedo #1 MineSandUnknown

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
Lake Monroe0.4 miles14
Sanford Farms0.5 miles14
Saint Johns River Estates0.8 miles14
Saint Josephs1.3 miles14
Woodruff Springs1.6 miles14
Astor Farms1.7 miles14
Wilson Place1.8 miles14
Alderene Park2.1 miles14

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 Q122541042The 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 279250. 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.