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Keentown, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Parrish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34219. It stands on Peacock Branch. The Survey maps it on the Keentown quadrangle.

Keentown within Manatee County

Then and now

1956 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Keentown, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Keentown, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Keentown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,696 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 2 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
Natural27
Equipment and vehicle use20
Debris and open burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
17 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 1995Natural60 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 August 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2012Natural6.8 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDUETTE RD. (41)
4 July 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCARLTON RD DUETTE (41)
19 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 June 2008Natural14 acresFlorida Forest Service41-DUETTE FIRE #3-0267

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manatee County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Keentown: 6 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Duette MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Water, FreeProspect1900
N.E. Manatee--Swift/Grace AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1966
Northeast Manatee - Imc/Altman TrctPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Water, FreeProspect
Turner PropertyPhosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1955
David C.Turner HeirsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965
Swift/Durrance AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965

Every working recorded in Manatee 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
Duette1.5 miles13
Bunker Hill3.0 miles11
Old Duette3.1 miles13
Myakka Head7.8 miles12
Oak Knoll8.5 miles12
Bethany9.5 miles12
Manhattan10.6 miles12
Willow12.2 miles14

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 Q122553094The 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 294822. 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.