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Eastgate, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Bradenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34203. It stands on Williams Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bradenton quadrangle.

Eastgate within Manatee 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 Eastgate, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Eastgate, 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

90 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 90 fires within 5 miles of Eastgate between 1992 and 2019, burning about 336 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 5 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
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning11
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceUNIVERSITY DESOTO (58)
8 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 1993Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2016Natural50 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINE ISLAND (41)
8 July 2004Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service13TH AV FIRE

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 Eastgate: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Dolomite, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite, 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
Clarks Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, DolomitePast Producer
P and R Shell Pit No. 2CalciumProducer
Quality Aggregates - University Park MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
State Road 70 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bradenton Dolomite QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Minton Dolomite QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Sarasota Dolomite QuarryDolomiteOccurrence

Every working 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
Elwood Park1.9 miles14
Oneco2.2 miles14
Samoset2.7 miles14
Matoaka3.0 miles14
West Samoset3.3 miles14
Tallevast3.4 miles14
Whitfield3.8 miles14
Braden Castle4.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 282043. 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.