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Myakka Head, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Parrish census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34251. The Survey maps it on the Myakka Head quadrangle.

Myakka Head within Manatee 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 Myakka Head, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Myakka Head, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

106 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Myakka Head between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,090 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
Debris and open burning28
Equipment and vehicle use25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined20
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism4
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
25 August 2000Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2004Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service331-73RD STREET FIRE
3 July 2019Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service6010 WA RD (41)
23 July 2008Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service41-LITTLE FIRE BIG CANAL-0337
11 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceJUEL GILL ROAD (41)
5 June 2001Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 June 1994Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service41-FREEMAN FIRE-0257

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manatee County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Myakka Head: 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Uranium. 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
Northeast Manatee/TexacoPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965
South Florida Phosphate DistrictPhosphorus-Phosphates, UraniumProducer1950
Texaco Manatee Braddock & TaylorPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, AluminumProspect1965
Nu-Gulf Industries - Wingate CreekPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducerCollophane
Wingate Creek MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1964, 1981

Every working recorded in Manatee County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Myakka Head in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2016: 3 hail, 2 lightning, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2016LightningMyakka Head1 killed, 2 hurtThree farm workers were struck by lightning while loading a truck. One was killed and the other two sustained injuries.
May 2009LightningMyakka Head1 hurtA 24-year old female farm worker was struck directly in her back by lightning while picking vegetables in a field and was flown to a Tampa hospital. She suffered first- and second-degree burns to her chest and midsection from the strike.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindMyakka Head$5,000A large stable was destroyed and blown 30 feet from its original location.
January 2011Tornado (EF0)Myakka Head-The public reported a tornado touching down in a rural area near State Road 64 and Windgate Road. No damage was observed.
October 2007Heavy RainMyakka Head-Heavy rain of 7.07 inches was measured at the USGS river gauge. The rain resulted in rapid rise of more than 9 feet in four hours of the Manatee River 8 miles west of Myakka Head. The flood stage is 11 feet and the crest was 15.82 feet at 8 AM EDT on October 3rd. Releases from the Manatee Dam began as a result, and the excess water flooded the Rye Bridge downstream. Only minor flooding was reported.
May 2005HailMyakka Head-Penny size hail was reported along State Road 64.
May 1999HailMyakka Head-Dime sized hail was reported along State Road 64 at Myakka Head by the Manatee County Fire Department.
May 2002HailMyakka Head-no account filed

Every storm 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
Old Duette4.9 miles13
Keentown7.8 miles11
Duette8.8 miles13
Myakka City9.3 miles11
Bethany10.0 miles12
Parmalee10.1 miles11
Bunker Hill10.5 miles11
Edgeville10.7 miles11

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 Q122542588The 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 294861. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.