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Kolokee, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Oviedo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32732. The Survey maps it on the Oviedo quadrangle.

Kolokee within Seminole County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kolokee, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Kolokee, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

158 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Kolokee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,087 acres in total. 64 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
Natural64
Railroad operations and maintenance34
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Debris and open burning12
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
6 September 2007Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHERE WE GO AGAIN (3)
16 September 2018Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLOCKWOOD- (59)
15 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSUNSHOWER (59)
13 September 2011Natural4.2 acresFlorida Forest ServiceTWO POND (59)
8 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenance3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use260 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2010Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOFF THE ROAD (03)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Seminole 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 Kolokee: 1 unknown, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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
Excavated Products, Inc - Sr 46SandProducer
Hubbard Construction - Demetree North MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Seminole 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
Iowa City0.8 miles14
Snow Hill1.3 miles14
Buda1.9 miles14
Truck Corner2.2 miles14
Geneva3.2 miles14
Neheb3.3 miles14
Lake Charm3.5 miles14
Jones Landing3.6 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 Q122552272The 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 301363. 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.