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High Point, Florida

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Clearwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33760. It stands on Long Branch. The Survey maps it on the Safety Harbor quadrangle.

High Point within Pinellas County

Then and now

1921 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of High Point, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of High Point, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 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

27 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of High Point between 1992 and 2017, burning about 394 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 1996Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 2001Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 July 1993Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 July 1995Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 2000Equipment and vehicle use60 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 June 1994Natural85 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 June 2000Smoking2.0 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 High Point: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Largo Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Highpoint0.4 miles20
South Highpoint0.4 miles20
Four Corners1.3 miles20
Feather Sound2.6 miles20
Bayview3.1 miles20
Ulmerton3.7 miles15
Cross Bayou4.2 miles18
Largo4.4 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 283996. 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.