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Oak Knoll, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 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 Rye quadrangle.

Oak Knoll within Manatee County

Then and now

1944 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oak Knoll, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Oak Knoll, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Oak Knoll between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,186 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural18
Debris and open burning14
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSTATE ROAD 64E (41)
19 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service41-FIRE-0449
21 August 2007Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Service41-BUDD FIRE-0453
21 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2000Natural100 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 July 1998Natural50 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service41-LOADER FIRE-0554
17 July 2007Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Service41-DAM FIRE-0400

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manatee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Oak Knoll: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Water, Free, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Water, Free, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Manatee County Unknown OwnershipsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Water, FreeOccurrence
Manatee NorthUranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Water, Free, Phosphorus-PhosphatesProspect1957
Rutland-Colvin-ValePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965

Every working recorded in Manatee County

Storms near this place

4 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Knoll in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2020: 3 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 2 deaths and 4 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
January 2016Tornado (EF2)Oak Knoll2 killed, 4 hurt, $150,000The NWS Storm Survey found a single-wide mobile home destroyed and rolled over. Seven people were inside the home, two adults were killed with four injured. The tornado also destroyed a 2000 square foot barn. The damage was in a very rural, isolated area and the Manatee County Sheriffs surveyed the storm track by helicopter and found numerous trees down along the path.
December 2018Tornado (EF0)Oak Knoll$30,000Broadcast media report that damage included a car port was destroyed, trees that fell on a shed, numerous branches knocked down along a narrow path.
June 2020FloodOak Knoll-Public works sent photo of Gamble Creek at bank full. Water on road at intersection of Rye Road and Golf Course Road. One foot of water on road.
February 2016Tornado (EF1)Oak Knoll-The tornado impacted mainly rural areas of Manatee County. Numerous pictures of a line of snapped trees along the path were received. No storm survey was conducted due to the very rural located. Strength estimated off of tree damage pictures.

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
Manhattan2.2 miles12
Bethany2.7 miles12
Waterbury4.8 miles12
Rye4.8 miles12
Bunker Hill7.4 miles11
Fort Hamer8.1 miles13
Foxleigh8.3 miles13
Lorraine8.3 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295496. 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.