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Lake Suzy (not official), Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Arcadia West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34269. The Survey maps it on the Murdock SE quadrangle.

Lake Suzy (not official) within DeSoto 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 Lake Suzy (not official), surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Lake Suzy (not official), 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

693 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 693 fires within 5 miles of Lake Suzy (not official) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,622 acres in total. 179 started naturally. 75 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 use196
Natural179
Missing data/not specified/undetermined79
Arson/incendiarism75
Misuse of fire by a minor66
Railroad operations and maintenance32
Debris and open burning31
Recreation and ceremony22
Fireworks5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3

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 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1994Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1996Natural2.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1992Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1996Natural35 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeSoto County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Lake Suzy (not official): 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. 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.

Every working recorded in DeSoto 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
Platt4.2 miles11
Southfort4.4 miles14
Fort Ogden5.6 miles14
Hull7.5 miles14
Nocatee11.8 miles13
Tryon15.2 miles13
Arcadia15.5 miles14
Belgium (historical)15.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1781943. 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.