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Edgeville, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Myakka City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34251. The Survey maps it on the Edgeville quadrangle.

Edgeville 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 Edgeville, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Edgeville, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

47 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Edgeville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 828 acres in total. 8 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
Debris and open burning13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural8
Arson/incendiarism2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2005-15-0397
25 July 1993Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 July 1993Natural125 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service41-SUGARBOWL FIRE-0472
7 June 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 June 2014Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFLATFORD SWAMP (41)
20 June 2007Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service41-NOT MY FIRE-0348
20 June 1997Natural50 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manatee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Edgeville: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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
Keys PropertyPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965
W.Bethel and Adjacent DepositsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect

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
Sandy2.8 miles11
Myakka City3.7 miles11
Parmalee7.0 miles11
Verna9.9 miles12
Myakka Head10.7 miles12
Waterbury13.7 miles12
Bethany13.8 miles12
Old Duette15.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294753. 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.