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Fort Hamer, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Parrish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34219. It stands on Gates Creek. The Survey maps it on the Parrish quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.

Fort Hamer within Manatee 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 Fort Hamer, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Fort Hamer, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 13 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

83 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Fort Hamer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 583 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning22
Natural19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service41-UGLY PILE FIRE-0475
13 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service41-ELLENTON SMOKE FIRE-0436
3 August 1996Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2012Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceRYE ROAD (41)
13 August 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service41-THUNDERBOLT 2 FIRE-0442
8 July 2004Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service13TH AV FIRE
8 July 2004Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBRIGHT HOUSE FIRE

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 Fort Hamer: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 - Parrish MineSandUnknownSand
Dot Sarasota - Sr 64SandUnknownSand

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
Foxleigh1.8 miles13
Rye3.4 miles12
Erie4.1 miles13
Parrish4.3 miles13
Fullers Earth4.6 miles17
Ellenton5.2 miles17
Elwood Park5.6 miles14
Manavista5.6 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Fort HamerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16891404The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295293. 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.