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Lorraine, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Myakka City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34211. It stands on Wolf Slough. The Survey maps it on the Lorraine quadrangle. It stands 39 feet above sea level.

Lorraine within Manatee County

Then and now

1944 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lorraine, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Lorraine, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

99 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Lorraine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 712 acres in total. 31 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
Natural31
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use14
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Fireworks1

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 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2000Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1993Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2007Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service41-SMR FIRE-0478
3 August 1996Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 August 1996Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 1996Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 August 1993Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manatee 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 Lorraine: 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Dot Sarasota - Sr 64SandUnknownSand
State Road 70 PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gator Asphalt Paving Reclaimed Concrete OperationLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Quality Aggregates - Richardson Rd. PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Quality Aggregates - University Park MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Manatee 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
Lakewood Ranch3.7 miles13
Waterbury5.0 miles12
Foxleigh5.0 miles13
Rye5.9 miles12
Eastgate5.9 miles14
Elwood Park6.4 miles14
Manhattan6.6 miles12
Fort Hamer6.7 miles13

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.

Wikipedia article on LorraineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q55621307The 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 294840. 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.