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North Ruskin, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Ruskin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33572. The Survey maps it on the Gibsonton quadrangle.

North Ruskin within Hillsborough County

Then and now

1921 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of North Ruskin, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of North Ruskin, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of North Ruskin between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,303 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 16 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
Natural38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Arson/incendiarism16
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks2

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
22 September 2018Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest Service2ND STREET NE (29)
17 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFlorida Forest Service29 ROCKLEDGE 2
13 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1998Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1998Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1996Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2004Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceGARDEN PARK
30 August 1998Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hillsborough 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 North Ruskin: 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 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
Nest Coast Shell PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
The Cone Corp. - Balm Road MineSandUnknownSand
Chapman Contr. - Tampa Bay Shell PitLimestone, GeneralProducer
Dot - Ruskin MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone

Every working recorded in Hillsborough 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
Apollo Beach0.9 miles18
McQueens Village (historical)2.4 miles18
Adamsville3.5 miles18
Ruskin3.7 miles14
Sun City Center3.9 miles14
Remlap4.7 miles18
Gulf City5.4 miles14
Gibsonton6.2 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on North RuskinAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q15051634The 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 287863. 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.