BlockMemphis Heights, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Palmetto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34221. The Survey maps it on the Palmetto quadrangle.
Then and now
1921 to 1988The 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 sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1921 USGS Fort De Soto quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Ellenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Ellenton quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Palmetto quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
38 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Memphis Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 156 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 6 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 | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1993 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 41-ELLENTON SMOKE FIRE-0436 |
| 8 July 2016 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | PINE ISLAND (41) |
| 8 July 2004 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BRIGHT HOUSE FIRE |
| 19 July 1999 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 41-3 PILE FIRE-0481 |
| 4 May 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Memphis Heights: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palmetto Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Bradenton Dolomite Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Palmetto Dolomite Quarry | Dolomite | Past Producer |
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.
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 Memphis Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q16873627 | The 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 286712. 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.