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Edison, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wimauma-Riverview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33547. The Survey maps it on the Keysville quadrangle.

Edison 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 Edison, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Edison, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

197 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Edison between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,323 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 9 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 maintenance46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Natural29
Debris and open burning27
Equipment and vehicle use22
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking2

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
23 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use50 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDREAM OAK (53)
18 September 1997Recreation and ceremony1.3 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1994Natural50 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
22 August 2001Equipment and vehicle use20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2001Natural120 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service29 FIFTY CENT FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Edison: 4 past producers, 4 plants, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Aluminum, Magnesite. 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
Kingsford MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Aluminum, MagnesiteProducer1920
Lithia-BoyettePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Water, Free, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Hopewell MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumProducer1985
Kingsford MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumPast Producer1920, 1948
Nichols MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, UraniumPast Producer1915, 1970
Hillsborough MinesPhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Imc Agrico - New WalesPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducerCollophane
New Wales ImcPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
New Wales Phosphoric Acid PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesUnknown

Every working recorded in Hillsborough County

Storms near this place

1 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edison in 1 storm report in 2015: 1 lightning. 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
March 2015LightningEdison$40,000Lightning struck a tree late on the evening of the 26th, causing it to smoulder. When fire fighters arrived at the house at 4am the next morning, the house was fully engulfed in flames.

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
Keysville1.6 miles12
Welcome2.8 miles12
Aldermans Ford4.2 miles12
Pinecrest4.3 miles12
Hopewell5.3 miles12
Lillibridge5.6 miles12
Bealsville5.6 miles12
Lithia5.8 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295257. 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.