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Long Hammock, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Wildwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34484. The Survey maps it on the Oxford quadrangle.

Long Hammock within Sumter County

Then and now

1893 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Long Hammock, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Long Hammock, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

72 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Long Hammock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 996 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning24
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural10
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism4
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
22 July 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service23RD TER RD (42)
18 July 2016Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNW 14TH TERRACE (60)
8 June 2014Natural10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOAK HILL [60]
3 June 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 June 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 June 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMARION/S.E. 145 ST FIRE
14 June 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 May 2000Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Long Hammock: 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
Bedrock Resources - S.R. 42 MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working 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
Royal2.3 miles18
Oxford3.5 miles18
Moreland Park4.2 miles18
Wildwood5.5 miles19
Monarch7.0 miles19
The Villages7.6 miles13
Rutland7.8 miles19
Cherry Lake8.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295417. 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.