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Bunker Hill, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Parrish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34219. It stands on Keen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Keentown quadrangle.

Bunker Hill within Manatee County

Then and now

1956 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bunker Hill, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Bunker Hill, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

75 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Bunker Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,258 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 2 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
Natural29
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning9
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
17 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 1997Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2007Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Service41-BUDD FIRE-0453
16 August 1995Natural60 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCARLTON RD DUETTE (41)
15 July 2007Natural150 acresFlorida Forest Service41-MOODY SUNDAY FIRE-0387
1 July 1998Natural100 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manatee County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bunker Hill: 4 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
David C.Turner HeirsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965
Duette MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Water, FreeProspect1900
N.E. Manatee--Swift/Grace AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1966
Turner PropertyPhosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1955

Every working recorded in Manatee 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
Keentown3.0 miles11
Duette3.4 miles13
Old Duette6.1 miles13
Oak Knoll7.4 miles12
Willow9.2 miles14
Manhattan9.2 miles12
Bethany9.2 miles12
Myakka Head10.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300003. 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.