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Middleton, Florida

15 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 33585. The Survey maps it on the Bushnell quadrangle.

Middleton 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 Middleton, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Middleton, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Middleton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 731 acres in total. 6 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
Equipment and vehicle use14
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Debris and open burning9
Natural6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Arson/incendiarism1

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
20 August 1993Natural180 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2020Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service529A (60)
16 July 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 July 1992Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 2007Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Service60/PANHEAD FIRE/0693
4 May 1999Railroad operations and maintenance30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 May 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 May 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Middleton: 7 producers, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Calcium, Sand. 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
Bedrock Resources - C470 MineSandProducer
Dixie LimeplantCalciumProducer
Dixie Lime & Stone Co.(Coleman #2)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Dixie Lime and Stone Co. - Central MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
M.J. Stavola - Sumterville MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Aglime PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dix-FilStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sumter Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sumterville Lime QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Sumterville2.8 miles15
Adamsville3.6 miles19
Lake Panasoffkee4.5 miles19
Coleman4.8 miles19
Bamboo5.7 miles14
Orange Home5.7 miles14
Monarch6.4 miles19
Center Hill6.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2831028. 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.