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Old Marco Junction, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Everglades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34114. The Survey maps it on the Belle Meade quadrangle.

Old Marco Junction within Collier County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 31 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 Marco Junction, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Old Marco Junction, 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

102 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Old Marco Junction between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,388 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 11 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
Natural33
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
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
8 August 1993Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 July 2017Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceEAST (11)
7 July 2007Natural217 acresFlorida Forest Service11/ NO DINNER FIRE
6 July 2014Natural30 acresFlorida Forest ServiceROOKERY (11)
31 July 2012Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHENDERSON CREEK (11)
27 July 1993Railroad operations and maintenance50 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 July 2000Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2019Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceALDEN (11)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collier 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 Old Marco Junction: 2 unknowns, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Collier County Board of Co Comm. - Sr 951SandUnknown
Maples Limerock South QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
North QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Wilson, Miller, Et. Al. - Southwood MineSandUnknown

Every working recorded in Collier 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
Pelican Lake Motorcoach Resort0.8 miles14
Shell Island1.7 miles14
Belle Meade1.9 miles14
Isles of Capri3.1 miles12
Winding Cypress3.4 miles14
Marco3.8 miles12
Lely Resort4.0 miles14
Naples Manor4.7 miles14

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 Q122541757The 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 288100. 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.