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Lakeville, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the North Fort Myers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33917. The Survey maps it on the Gilchrist quadrangle.

Lakeville within Lee County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lakeville, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Lakeville, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

484 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 484 fires within 5 miles of Lakeville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,005 acres in total. 197 started naturally. 22 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
Natural197
Railroad operations and maintenance97
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Equipment and vehicle use52
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Arson/incendiarism22
Debris and open burning19
Recreation and ceremony12
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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 2009Fireworks3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service08-ZEMEL RANGE FIRE-0486
7 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1996Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2010Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service08-RAMPS FIRE-0283
25 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBEGONIA DR (08)
23 September 2016Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceZEMEL (08)
10 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lakeville: 1 producer. 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
Charlotte County Mining & Materials - Charlotte CountyLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Slater4.1 miles14
Suncoast Estates4.5 miles14
Palmona Park5.3 miles14
Poinciana Estates5.6 miles14
Salvista6.1 miles14
Bayshore6.2 miles14
Bayshore Manor6.6 miles14
Burnt Store Marina6.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 304121. 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.