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Dixie Ranch Acres, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Okeechobee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34972. It stands on Chandler Hammock Slough. The Survey maps it on the Taylor Creek SW quadrangle.

Dixie Ranch Acres within Okeechobee County

Then and now

1953 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dixie Ranch Acres, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Dixie Ranch Acres, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

197 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Dixie Ranch Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,219 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 2 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
Natural37
Railroad operations and maintenance37
Debris and open burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Equipment and vehicle use15
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony6
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Smoking2

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
4 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2009Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(OK) ORLANDO FIRE (710)
24 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 September 2008Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(OK) WETLAND (0603)
2 September 2001Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2009Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(OK) DEK (0699)
18 September 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-16-1280

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okeechobee 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
Mildred3.1 miles13
Basswood Estates4.1 miles14
Whispering Pines4.8 miles14
Barber Quarters6.1 miles14
Okeechobee6.9 miles15
Cypress Quarters7.0 miles14
Basinger7.8 miles13
Eagle Island8.9 miles13

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 Q122592601The 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 281608. 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.