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Heritage Bay, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Immokalee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34120. The Survey maps it on the Corkscrew SW quadrangle.

Heritage Bay within Collier County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The 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 sheet of Heritage Bay, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Heritage Bay, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

363 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 363 fires within 5 miles of Heritage Bay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,866 acres in total. 123 started naturally. 31 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
Natural123
Missing data/not specified/undetermined69
Railroad operations and maintenance60
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Arson/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
27 September 1995Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2002Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 1992Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 1993Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2010Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service11/THE BEST FRIEND FIRE
19 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 2002Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collier County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Heritage Bay: 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Florida Rock Ind. - Naples QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Mule Pen Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dirt Movers of America - Dirt Movers PitSandProducer
Highway Pavers, Inc. - Shady Hollow MineSandUnknown
Orange Tree Associates - Orange Tree MineSandProducer

Every working recorded in Collier 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
Orangetree3.9 miles12
Vineyards4.7 miles15
Willoughby Acres5.3 miles14
Four Seasons5.6 miles14
Palm River6.1 miles14
Palm River Estates6.2 miles14
Palm River Shores6.7 miles14
Vanderbilt Beach6.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806005. 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.