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Catawba, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34436. The Survey maps it on the Brooksville NW quadrangle.

Catawba within Citrus County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The 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 sheet of Catawba, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Catawba, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

154 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Catawba between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,217 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 16 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
Railroad operations and maintenance33
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Natural21
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use16
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2

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
28 August 1996Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 August 2019Natural16 acresFlorida Forest ServiceVULCAN (27)
1 August 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceDIRT BIKE (09)
7 July 2015Natural15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBRITTLE (27)
31 July 2011Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTILLIS HILL (09)
29 July 1996Railroad operations and maintenance8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Citrus County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Catawba: 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Fullers Earth. 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
Stephens Transportation Co.Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Unnamed Fullers Earth ProspectFullers EarthOccurrence
Diamond Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lansing Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Storey Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Aggegate ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed Aggregate PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Aggregate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence

Every working recorded in Citrus 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
Landrum4.6 miles25
Jumeau4.9 miles14
Pineola5.5 miles14
Hooper5.9 miles14
Floral City6.0 miles14
Sugarmill Woods7.5 miles15
Big Hammock (historical)8.6 miles25
Inverness10.4 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294708. 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.