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Monarch, Florida

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Wildwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34785. The Survey maps it on the Wildwood quadrangle.

Monarch within Sumter County

Then and now

1893 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Monarch, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Monarch, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

53 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Monarch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 326 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 4 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
Natural10
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Debris and open burning9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
25 September 2001Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceHOBO FIRE 1129
7 July 2004Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBLUE STREAK/0645
4 July 2019Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCYPRESS TREE (60)
19 July 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service60/HIGHWAY FIRE/0889
16 July 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 July 1992Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 June 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Monarch: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Calcium. 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
Dixie LimeplantCalciumProducer
Aglime PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dix-FilStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dixie Lime & Stone Co.(Coleman #2)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Dixie Lime and Stone Co. - Central MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
M.J. Stavola - Sumterville MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
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
Wildwood2.1 miles19
Coleman2.7 miles19
Orange Home2.8 miles14
Adamsville2.9 miles19
Moreland Park3.7 miles18
Bamboo4.5 miles14
Royal4.7 miles18
Panacoochee Retreats5.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300851. 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.