BlockGolden Gates Estates, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Naples census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34117. The Survey maps it on the Belle Meade NE quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Belle Meade NE quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Naples quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
565 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 565 fires within 5 miles of Golden Gates Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 69,343 acres in total. 244 started naturally. 19 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 244 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 106 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | RAZOR (11) |
| 8 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 52ND. AVENUE (11) |
| 30 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge | NAT.OUT#5 |
| 27 September 2016 | Natural | 17 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60TH AVE SE (11) |
| 27 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BLACK TIRE (11) |
| 26 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Gate | 8.9 miles | 15 | |
| Orangetree | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Miles City | 9.8 miles | 13 | |
| Vineyards | 10.4 miles | 15 | |
| Berkshire Lakes | 10.4 miles | 15 | |
| Winding Cypress | 10.5 miles | 14 | |
| Rock Island | 10.5 miles | 12 | |
| Heritage Bay | 10.7 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122595650 | The 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 300278. 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.