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Cubitis, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Arcadia East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34266. The Survey maps it on the Gardner quadrangle.

Cubitis within DeSoto 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 Cubitis, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Cubitis, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

149 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Cubitis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,455 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 5 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 burning33
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Natural18
Equipment and vehicle use15
Recreation and ceremony15
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service14-BULLDOG FIRE-0448
10 September 2008Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service14-HANSEL AVENUE FIRE-0368
30 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1993Natural80 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service14-PASSERBY FIRE-0428
18 July 2007Natural60 acresFlorida Forest Service14-BROWNVILLE FIRE-0407
18 July 1994Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeSoto 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 Cubitis: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free. 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
De Soto County Unknown OwnershipsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreeOccurrence

Every working recorded in DeSoto 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
Lansing2.6 miles14
Brownville2.8 miles13
Belgium (historical)3.1 miles13
Arcadia3.2 miles14
Tryon6.0 miles13
Joshua6.7 miles13
Nocatee7.2 miles13
Pine Level8.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294733. 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.