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Hoyt, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Fellowship census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34481. The Survey maps it on the Romeo quadrangle.

Hoyt within Marion County

Then and now

1892 to 1991

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hoyt, surveyed 1991
Topographic sheet of Hoyt, surveyed 1892

Compare 1892 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

325 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Hoyt between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,714 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 26 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
Debris and open burning91
Railroad operations and maintenance78
Equipment and vehicle use58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Arson/incendiarism26
Natural21
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking2
Other causes2

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
26 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2019Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSW 30TH LN (42)
18 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2004-08-0710/LAKE TROPICANA
1 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 August 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2002Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hoyt: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Counts Constr. - 140th Ave. MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Loncala Phosphate - Minehead PlantLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Marion 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
Rainbow Park1.2 miles17
Luddersville2.3 miles17
Rocksprings3.4 miles18
Romeo3.5 miles17
Early Bird3.8 miles17
Leroy (historical)4.2 miles17
Cotton Plant4.3 miles17
Rainbow Springs4.5 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295364. 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.