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Eastgate, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Venice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34285. It stands on Hatchett Creek. The Survey maps it on the Venice quadrangle.

Eastgate within Sarasota County

Then and now

1944 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 44 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 1988
Topographic sheet of Eastgate, surveyed 1944

On record in Eastgate

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

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

163 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 163 fires within 5 miles of Eastgate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,238 acres in total. 65 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
Natural65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
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
9 September 1996Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1996Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceI75 MM192 (58)
13 September 1997Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1998Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2020Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceRANCH RD 2 (58)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sarasota County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Eastgate: 6 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Dot Sarasota - Cow Pen Slough MineSandUnknownSand
Everglades Estates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Apac-Florida - Laurel Shell PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Deans Contracting - Section 35 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Laurel Pit Fla. Truck. & Excava.CalciumProducer
Rigby PitCalciumProducer
Everglades PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hanchey MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Laurel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Venice1.8 miles14
Venice Gardens1.8 miles14
Nokomis1.9 miles14
Venice Beach1.9 miles14
Laurel2.8 miles13
South Venice3.1 miles14
Venice Groves3.2 miles14
Plantation3.3 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 282042. 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.