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Collins Park Estates, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Fort Pierce census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34982. The Survey maps it on the Ankona quadrangle.

Collins Park Estates within St. Lucie County

Then and now

1948 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Collins Park Estates, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Collins Park Estates, surveyed 1948

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

132 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 132 fires within 5 miles of Collins Park Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,396 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 12 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
Natural30
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Arson/incendiarism12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking3
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
5 September 2014Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceEASY STREET (56)
3 September 1996Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2015Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMELVILLE (56)
7 August 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1996Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2004Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service1126-SL-FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in St. Lucie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Collins Park Estates: 11 producers, 1 unknown. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Stewart - Stewart MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Morgan PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
South PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Airport MineSilicaProducer
North PitSilicaProducer
Ralls MineSilicaProducer
Saggy PitSilicaProducer
C & W Enterprises - Rails RoadSandProducer
Glen Blackburn Trucking - Airport MineSandProducer
Glen Blackburn Trucking - Morlan MineSandProducer

Every working recorded in St. Lucie 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
Indian River Estates0.7 miles16
White City0.8 miles16
Ankona3.2 miles16
Eldred3.7 miles16
Cortez Estates3.8 miles20
River Park4.3 miles16
Glidden Park4.6 miles21
Fort Pierce5.2 miles21

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.

Wikidata item Q122564815The 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 307917. 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.