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Gillette, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Parrish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34221. It stands on Cabbage Slough. The Survey maps it on the Palmetto quadrangle. It stands 36 feet above sea level.

Gillette within Manatee County

Then and now

1921 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Gillette, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Gillette, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

55 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Gillette between 1992 and 2020, burning about 545 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 8 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
Natural13
Debris and open burning11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
29 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 September 1993Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2003Arson/incendiarism23 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBABCOCK
13 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service41-ELLENTON SMOKE FIRE-0436
6 July 2002Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 July 1999Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 July 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 July 1993Natural3.0 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Gillette: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Palmetto Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Rubonia2.0 miles17
Piney Point2.4 miles18
Palm View2.7 miles17
Terra Ceia3.2 miles17
Erie3.3 miles13
Memphis Heights4.7 miles17
Memphis4.9 miles17
Ellenton5.5 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 GilletteAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16872963The 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 294786. 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.