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Miromar Lakes, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Lehigh Acres census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33913. The Survey maps it on the Estero quadrangle.

Miromar Lakes within Lee County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Miromar Lakes, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Miromar Lakes, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

230 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Miromar Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,120 acres in total. 108 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
Natural108
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Railroad operations and maintenance31
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism13
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Debris and open burning5
Fireworks3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Smoking1

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 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2007Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Service36/CROSS ROAD FIRE
15 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2006Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service11/ TECO ARENA FIRE
10 September 1997Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1994Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2018Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGREEN MEADOWS HOLE (36)
7 August 2018Natural15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHAUL RD (36)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Miromar Lakes: 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Youngquist Brothers Rock - Corkscrew WoodsSandProducer
Estero QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fort Meyers QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Fl Rock Ind.,Inc.(Ft. Myers Plant)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Florida Rock Industries - Ft. Myers MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Stephens Const. Mat. ContractorsLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Three Oaks1.0 miles15
San Carlos Park1.4 miles15
Estero3.2 miles15
Forest Island Park4.4 miles15
Renaissance5.0 miles14
Coconut6.4 miles15
Biggar6.6 miles15
Villas6.9 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.

Wikidata item Q122554063The 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 2573103. 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.