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Duette, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Parrish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34219. It stands on Peacock Branch. The Survey maps it on the Duette quadrangle. It stands 121 feet above sea level.

Duette within Manatee 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 Duette, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Duette, surveyed 1956

On record in Duette

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

71 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 71 fires within 5 miles of Duette between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,849 acres in total. 22 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
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
17 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 1995Natural60 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2012Natural6.8 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDUETTE RD. (41)
4 July 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCARLTON RD DUETTE (41)
3 July 2011Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service4 CORNERS (29)
19 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 June 2008Natural125 acresFlorida Forest Service41-DUETTE FIRE #1-0264
3 June 2008Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service41-DUETTE FIRE #2-0266

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manatee 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 Duette: 6 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Duette MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Water, FreeProspect1900
N.E. Manatee--Swift/Grace AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1966
Northeast Manatee - Imc/Altman TrctPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, FreeProspect
Turner PropertyPhosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1955
David C.Turner HeirsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965
Swift/Durrance AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965
Imc Agrico - Lonesome / Four CornersPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducerCollophane

Every working recorded in Manatee County

Storms near this place

5 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Duette in 5 storm reports between 2001 and 2016: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2009FloodDuette$100,000Widespread rains totalling 4 to 8 inches across the county resulted in some road closures on State Roads 70, 62, 39 and County Road 675. The Manatee Dam was forced to release approximately 11,000cfs from the pool to slow the rise in the elevation at the dam and this caused the third highest crest in history at the Manatee River at Rye Bridge, peaking at 17.85 feet at 1815EST. At this height, water reaches the foundations of elevated homes and the Christian Retreat Center. There was widespread flooding in the Samoset neighborhood that resulted in several homes receiving water damage to flooring and furniture.
July 2016Tornado (EF0)Duette-A tornado was spotted in a very rural portion of Manatee County near Duette. The exact location was unknown due to the rural nature of the area but numerous pictures and videos showed the circulation reaching the ground. No damage was reported.
September 2014Heavy RainDuette-A CoCoRaHS observer 4 miles west of Duette measured 8.2 inches of rain during the 4 day period.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindDuette-There were several large trees down.
June 2001HailDuette-Dime sized hail was reported by a Skywarn Spotter in Duette over rural northeast Manatee county.

Every storm recorded in Manatee 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
Keentown1.5 miles11
Bunker Hill3.4 miles11
Old Duette3.9 miles13
Myakka Head8.8 miles12
Oak Knoll9.8 miles12
Bethany11.0 miles12
Manhattan11.8 miles12
Willow12.4 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.

Wikipedia article on DuetteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16901025The 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 294750. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.