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Ellerslie, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Dade City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33525. The Survey maps it on the Dade City quadrangle.

Ellerslie within Pasco County

Then and now

1955 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 23 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ellerslie, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Ellerslie, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

68 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Ellerslie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 983 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 6 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 maintenance16
Natural15
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
18 August 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 July 1994Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 July 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 July 1992Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 July 1995Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 June 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service51/BURNED BARN FIRE/0673
16 June 2006Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service51/DISTANT FIRE/0681

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pasco 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 Ellerslie: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Peat. 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
Steams Peat - Steams PitPeatProducerPeat
WRB Enterprizes, Inc. - WRB's Peat MinePeatUnknownPeat

Every working recorded in Pasco 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
Richland1.9 miles14
South Clinton Heights2.0 miles14
Vitis2.0 miles14
Clinton Heights2.5 miles14
Orange Grove Villas2.7 miles14
Pasadena Shores3.0 miles14
Lumberton3.1 miles14
Port Lonesome3.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295264. 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.