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Manavista, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Bradenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34222. It stands on Braden River. The Survey maps it on the Palmetto quadrangle. It stands 3 feet above sea level.

Manavista within Manatee County

Then and now

1921 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Manavista, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Manavista, surveyed 1921

On record in Manavista

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

46 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Manavista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 1 was 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
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
28 September 1993Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service41-ELLENTON SMOKE FIRE-0436
8 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2016Natural50 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINE ISLAND (41)
8 July 2004Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service13TH AV FIRE
8 July 2004Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBRIGHT HOUSE FIRE
31 July 2003Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-15-1082
19 July 1999Natural10 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 Manavista: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Clarks Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, DolomitePast Producer
Palmetto Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bradenton Dolomite QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Minton Dolomite QuarryDolomitePast Producer
Palmetto Dolomite QuarryDolomitePast Producer

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
Ellenton0.6 miles17
Fullers Earth1.0 miles17
Manatee1.3 miles14
Braden Castle1.3 miles14
Memphis Heights1.8 miles17
Memphis2.0 miles17
Palmetto2.0 miles17
Bradenton2.4 miles14

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 ManavistaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q16873105The 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 301137. 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.