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Linden, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Bushnell-Center Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33597. The Survey maps it on the Webster quadrangle.

Linden within Sumter 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 Linden, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Linden, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

129 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Linden between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,868 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 23 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
Natural33
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism23
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOW PENS (60)
1 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service60/CR 721 FIRE/0870
27 August 1999Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 1996Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 1999Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2000Natural26 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 1998Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter 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 Linden: 1 plant, 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Central Florida Excavating - Brown Fish PondSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mabel PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this place

2 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linden in 2 storm reports between 1999 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 1999Thunderstorm WindLinden$1,000Thunderstorm winds downed a few large trees and several branches across State Road 50 which blocked traffic near Linden.
June 2020Tornado (EF0)Linden-Trained spotter reported a quick tornado touch down on Hwy 50 picking up dirt. No damage was reported.

Every storm recorded in Sumter 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
Tarrytown1.2 miles13
Oak Grove2.7 miles13
Mabel3.3 miles10
Webster3.5 miles13
Bucker Womans Town (historical)5.3 miles14
Pilaklakha (historical)5.6 miles10
Bevell Place5.7 miles12
Bevilles Corner6.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295408. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.