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Cumpressco, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Bushnell-Center Hill census division. The Survey maps it on the Branchborough quadrangle.

Cumpressco within Sumter County

Then and now

1955 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 23 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cumpressco, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Cumpressco, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Cumpressco between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,260 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 6 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
Natural35
Equipment and vehicle use8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
30 August 2001Natural75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 July 1999Natural340 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 July 2007Natural34 acresFlorida Forest Service51/HORSEFLY FIRE/0875
14 July 1999Natural33 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 July 2007Natural84 acresFlorida Forest Service60/GOBBLER FIRE/0850
1 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service60/PALM FIRE/0802
8 June 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service60-SAWTIMBER-0656

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter 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 Cumpressco: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Imc Fertilizer, Inc. - Morrell Limerock MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Maynard Ventures Five, Inc. - Maynard MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone

Every working recorded in Sumter 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
Bevell Place8.4 miles12
Tarrytown13.6 miles13
Linden14.0 miles13
Bucker Womans Town (historical)15.2 miles14
Mabel15.6 miles10
Oak Grove16.6 miles13
Webster17.3 miles13
Saint Catherine18.1 miles14

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 Q122560168The 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 294734. 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.