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Harbor Palms, Florida

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Tarpon Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34677. It stands on Moccasin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oldsmar quadrangle.

Harbor Palms within Pinellas County

Then and now

1943 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 52 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Harbor Palms, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Harbor Palms, surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Harbor Palms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,564 acres in total. 55 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
Natural55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism8
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
16 September 1997Natural14 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1993Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2012Natural27 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDIAGONAL POWER LINE (52)
24 August 1993Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 1993Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 1999Natural31 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pinellas 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 Harbor Palms: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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
Andrew Lynn Co. - Big Basin Commerce PitSandProducer

Every working recorded in Pinellas 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
Bridgeport1.1 miles16
Oldsmar1.6 miles16
Saint George2.1 miles16
Curlew2.8 miles16
Mecca3.0 miles16
Safety Harbor3.6 miles20
Dellwood4.3 miles20
Palm Harbor4.5 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.

Wikidata item Q122560172The 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 283715. 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.