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Chukuchatta, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Central Pasco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33523. The Survey maps it on the Spring Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Chukuchatta within Pasco County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

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 Chukuchatta (historical), surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Chukuchatta (historical), surveyed 1954

Compare 1954 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Chukuchatta (historical) between 1992 and 2018, burning about 597 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning17
Railroad operations and maintenance15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
27 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFlorida Forest Service27/ST CLAIR ISLAND FIRE/0915
24 July 2005Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service51/RAVINE FIRE/0544
14 July 1995Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 June 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDUNNE (51)
28 May 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWINCHESTER (27)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pasco 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 Chukuchatta (historical): 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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 Dade City - Clay MineClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Pasco 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
Chipco Township (historical)1.4 miles15
Saint Joseph1.8 miles15
Jessamine1.8 miles15
Blanton2.9 miles12
Darby4.1 miles14
San Antonio4.6 miles14
Saint Leo4.9 miles14
Tommytown5.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294509. 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.