Mayaimi, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Northeast Glades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34974. The Survey maps it on the Brighton SE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mayaimi within Glades County

Then and now

1953 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mayaimi (historical), surveyed 1988

Topographic sheet of Mayaimi (historical), surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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.

1953 USGS Brighton SE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1978 USGS Arcadia quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Mayaimi (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,710 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 13 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 burning	45
Natural	33
Equipment and vehicle use	19
Arson/incendiarism	13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Smoking	2
Recreation and ceremony	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
26 September 2018	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Seminole Tribe	TIRE
25 August 1993	Natural	1.0 acres	Seminole Tribe	not named
23 August 2006	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Seminole Tribe	DEBRIS FIRE 2
31 July 2019	Natural	under an acre	Seminole Tribe	LIGHTNING STRIKE
25 July 2016	Natural	under an acre	Seminole Tribe	EAGLE ROAD FIRE
21 July 2005	Natural	6.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	GL-FIRE-SEMINOLE-975
18 July 1998	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Seminole Tribe	TUCKERRIDG
18 July 1992	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Seminole Tribe	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Glades 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sarasota Colony	8.4 miles	13
Lakeport	9.7 miles	12
Fort Centre	11.4 miles	12
Buckhead Ridge	11.8 miles	14
Monkey Box	13.1 miles	11
Palmdale	15.9 miles	12
Harrisburg	16.8 miles	12
Washington Park	19.0 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294510. 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.