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Memphis, 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. 9,024 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 20 feet above sea level.

Memphis 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 Memphis, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Memphis, surveyed 1921

Population over time

3 figures

Memphis grew from 7,264 to 9,024 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20007,264
20107,848+584 (+8%)
20209,024+1,176 (+15%)

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

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Memphis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 140 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism5
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
8 July 2016Natural50 acresFlorida Forest ServicePINE ISLAND (41)
19 July 1999Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 July 1993Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 June 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service41-3 PILE FIRE-0481
4 May 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 May 2009Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service41-BISHOP HARBOR FIRE-0313
15 May 2008Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service41-27ST FIRE-0209

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manatee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Memphis: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Palmetto Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Bradenton 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
Memphis Heights0.4 miles17
Palmetto1.2 miles17
Manavista2.0 miles17
Ellenton2.0 miles17
Palm View2.3 miles17
Fullers Earth2.6 miles17
Terra Mana2.6 miles17
Bradenton2.6 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 MemphisAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2081132The 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 286711. 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.