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Palm River Estates, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Naples census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34110. The Survey maps it on the Bonita Springs quadrangle.

Palm River Estates 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 Palm River Estates, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Palm River Estates, 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

151 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Palm River Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,826 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 21 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
Railroad operations and maintenance49
Natural31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined23
Arson/incendiarism21
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2012Natural3.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceVIKING WAY (11)
23 August 1993Natural7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1997Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLIVINGSTON (11)
15 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 August 1993Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collier County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Palm River Estates: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Bonita PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Palm River0.1 miles14
Palm River Shores0.6 miles14
Vanderbilt Beach0.8 miles14
Willoughby Acres0.8 miles14
Four Seasons1.0 miles14
Pelican Marsh1.6 miles14
Gulf Harbor1.7 miles14
Naples Park2.0 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288408. 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.