BlockKinsey, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wauchula census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33865. The Survey maps it on the Limestone quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1988The 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 sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Limestone quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Arcadia quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
75 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Kinsey between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,283 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2000 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Natural | 80 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 14-CR-661 CO. LINE FIRE-0557 |
| 19 June 2011 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | NW FUSSELL RD (14) |
| 15 June 2011 | Natural | 205 acres | Florida Forest Service | LIMESTONE 663 (40) |
| 15 June 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 May 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | HODENT RD (14) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Kinsey: 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acrefoot Johnson | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | Surface | |
| Freeport Area Small Ownerships | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | Surface | |
| Horse Creek, D.E. Carlton | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | 1968 |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295393. 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.