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Desoto Acres, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Sarasota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34234. The Survey maps it on the Bradenton quadrangle.

Desoto Acres within Sarasota County

Then and now

1947 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 47 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Desoto Acres, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Desoto Acres, surveyed 1947

Compare 1947 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Desoto Acres between 1992 and 2017, burning about 351 acres in total. 13 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
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Natural13
Debris and open burning7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
1 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceUNIVERSITY DESOTO (58)
8 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2009Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service58-RICHARDSON FIRE-0467
19 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 1994Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 July 2003Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHONORE FIRE
19 July 1993Misuse of fire by a minor25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 July 1995Natural2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sarasota County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Desoto Acres: 5 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Dolomite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Brown Road PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
P and R Shell Pit No. 2CalciumProducer
Piney Point Nu-GulfPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Sarasota Dolomite QuarryDolomiteOccurrence
Gator Asphalt Paving Reclaimed Concrete OperationLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Quality Aggregates - Richardson Rd. PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Quality Aggregates - University Park MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Sarasota 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
North Sarasota0.6 miles14
Beverley Terrace0.9 miles14
Desoto Lakes1.5 miles13
Kensington Park1.8 miles13
The Meadows2.8 miles13
Sarasota3.2 miles14
Pinecraft4.1 miles13
Belspur4.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2805174. 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.