BlockCape Haze, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Grove City-Rotonda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33946. It stands on East Branch Coral Creek. The Survey maps it on the Placida quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Placida quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Charlotte Harbor quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
187 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Cape Haze between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,534 acres in total. 86 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 86 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | BRIG CIRCLE (08) |
| 24 September 2016 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BOUNDRY (58) |
| 22 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 08-ROTUNDA AIRPORT FIRE-0498 |
| 20 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cape Haze: 1 producer. All of them 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Handy Phil - Handy Phil Pit | Sand | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rotunda-West | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Placida | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rotonda | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Shaefer | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Grove City | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sancassa | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Manasota Key | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| New Point Comfort | 6.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 280002. 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.