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Durant, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Brandon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33527. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dover quadrangle.

Durant within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1955 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 33 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Durant, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Durant, surveyed 1955

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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Durant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,281 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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
Railroad operations and maintenance21
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural8
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks1

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
28 August 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 1992Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 July 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 June 1998Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Durant: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, 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
Agglite DebrisPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoritePast Producer1935
Dot Tampa - Sydney Washer MineSandUnknownSand
Ranch Rd. Grove Corporation - Ranch Road Grove 1a MineSandUnknown
Hillsborough MinesPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Imc Agrico - HopewellPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducerCollophane

Every working recorded in Hillsborough County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Durant in 1 storm report in 2014: 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 2014Heavy RainDurant-A CoCoRaHS observer southeast of Valrico measured 6.15 inches of rain during the 4 day period.

Every storm recorded in Hillsborough 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
Pleasant Grove0.9 miles13
Bloomingdale3.1 miles13
Marvina3.1 miles13
Valrico3.3 miles13
Hopewell3.6 miles12
Aldermans Ford3.8 miles12
Sydney3.9 miles13
Lithia4.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 281888. 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.