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Deep Creek, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Port Charlotte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33983. It stands on Deep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Murdock SE quadrangle.

Deep Creek within Charlotte 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 Deep Creek, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Deep Creek, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

534 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 534 fires within 5 miles of Deep Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,219 acres in total. 142 started naturally. 52 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
Natural142
Equipment and vehicle use127
Missing data/not specified/undetermined63
Misuse of fire by a minor57
Arson/incendiarism52
Debris and open burning35
Railroad operations and maintenance31
Recreation and ceremony16
Smoking4
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
8 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1996Natural2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1996Natural35 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1994Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2010Natural32 acresFlorida Forest Service14-SWEATY BEAR FIRE-0281
25 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service14-BRANSON FIRE-0476

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlotte County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Deep Creek: 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Charlotte 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
Harbour Heights1.9 miles13
Morgantown2.6 miles14
Peace River Shores2.9 miles14
Sans Souci3.3 miles13
Harbor View3.6 miles13
Ridge Harbor3.7 miles13
Cleveland4.2 miles13
Solana4.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2035736. 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.