Carnestown, Florida

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Everglades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34137. The Survey maps it on the Ochopee quadrangle. It stands 3 feet above sea level.

Carnestown within Collier 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 Carnestown, surveyed 1988

Topographic sheet of Carnestown, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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.

1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Ochopee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Everglades City quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

89 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 89 fires within 5 miles of Carnestown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,121 acres in total. 31 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	31
Natural	31
Arson/incendiarism	13
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Smoking	2
Firearms and explosives use	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Debris and open burning	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
26 September 2001	Natural	1.0 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	OPS FIRE
11 September 2000	Natural	2.9 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	OCHOPELAKE
20 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Big Cypress National Preserve	MONROE
15 August 2012	Natural	2.0 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	HALFWAY CREEK
9 July 1997	Natural	5.0 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	SEAGRAPE
9 July 1997	Natural	3.0 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	WOOBIRD
28 July 1999	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	DUSTYWAGON
26 July 1994	Natural	22 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	WAGONBIRD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collier County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Carnestown: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
	Harmon Brothers - Copeland Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone
	Ochopee Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Collier 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lee Cypress	2.3 miles	10
Copeland	3.0 miles	10
Ochopee	3.3 miles	10
Everglades City	3.6 miles	10
Plantation Island	4.6 miles	11
Weavers Station	6.0 miles	11
Jerome	6.0 miles	10
Chokoloskee	6.8 miles	11

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.

Wikipedia article on Carnestown	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5044014	The 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 295178. 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.