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Mabel, Florida

10 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 33514. The Survey maps it on the Mascotte quadrangle.

Mabel 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 Mabel, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Mabel, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

116 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Mabel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,757 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 17 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 burning32
Natural20
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Arson/incendiarism17
Equipment and vehicle use9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
29 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service35/CARTER ISLAND FIRE/1006
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
20 August 1999Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 August 1999Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 July 1999Natural100 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 July 2007Natural3.7 acresFlorida Forest Service60/LITTLE SLASH FIRE/0812
2 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service948

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Mabel: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Peat, 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
C & C Peat - Honeycut PitPeatProducerPeat
Central Florida Excavating - Brown Fish PondSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Center Hill QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mabel PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

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
Linden3.3 miles13
Pilaklakha (historical)3.8 miles10
Oak Grove3.8 miles13
Tarrytown4.4 miles13
Webster4.6 miles13
Center Hill4.9 miles10
Bevilles Corner6.4 miles15
Bevell Place7.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295425. 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.