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Morgantown, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Punta Gorda census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33982. It stands on Lee Branch. The Survey maps it on the Fort Ogden quadrangle.

Morgantown within Charlotte County

Then and now

1956 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Morgantown, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Morgantown, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

285 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 285 fires within 5 miles of Morgantown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,161 acres in total. 68 started naturally. 17 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
Natural68
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Debris and open burning47
Equipment and vehicle use36
Railroad operations and maintenance30
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Arson/incendiarism17
Recreation and ceremony8
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
6 September 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service08-SABLEWOOD FIRE-0425
3 September 1996Natural35 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1994Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2010Natural32 acresFlorida Forest Service14-SWEATY BEAR FIRE-0281
25 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service14-BRANSON FIRE-0476
1 September 1996Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Charlotte County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Morgantown: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Desrosier Brothers - Jones LoopLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Snapping Shoals Mine CompanyStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Peace River Conservancy - Kings Highway MineSandUnknown
Peace River Conservancy - Kings Hwy Pit.SandProducer

Every working recorded in Charlotte 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
Ridge Harbor1.3 miles13
Sans Souci1.4 miles13
Peace River Shores1.7 miles14
Harbour Heights2.1 miles13
Deep Creek2.6 miles11
Cleveland3.2 miles13
Tee and Green Estates4.6 miles13
Harbor View4.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294858. 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.