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Old Duette, Florida

13 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 34219. The Survey maps it on the Duette quadrangle.

Old Duette 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 Old Duette, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Old Duette, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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

70 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Old Duette between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,186 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 3 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
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use16
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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 1997Natural65 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2012Natural6.8 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDUETTE RD. (41)
19 July 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 June 2001Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service41-FREEMAN FIRE-0257
3 June 2008Natural125 acresFlorida Forest Service41-DUETTE FIRE #1-0264
3 June 2008Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service41-DUETTE FIRE #2-0266
3 June 2001Natural1,300 acresFlorida Forest ServicePARRISH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manatee County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Old Duette: 7 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum. 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
Duette MinePhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Water, FreeProspect1900
Manson-JenkinsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965
Northeast Manatee/TexacoPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965
Texaco Manatee Braddock & TaylorPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, AluminumProspect1965
Turner PropertyPhosphorus-Phosphates, Iron, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1955
David C.Turner HeirsPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965
Swift/Durrance AreaPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1965
Nu-Gulf Industries - Wingate CreekPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducerCollophane
Wingate Creek MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer1964, 1981

Every working 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
Keentown3.1 miles11
Duette3.9 miles13
Myakka Head4.9 miles12
Bunker Hill6.1 miles11
Oak Knoll9.6 miles12
Bethany9.8 miles12
Manhattan11.8 miles12
Waterbury12.5 miles12

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 Q122552027The 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 300002. 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.