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Paradise Point, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Crystal River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34429. It lies near Banana Island. The Survey maps it on the Crystal River quadrangle.

Paradise Point within Citrus County

Then and now

1954 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 25 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Paradise Point, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Paradise Point, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

391 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 391 fires within 5 miles of Paradise Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,208 acres in total. 76 started naturally. 46 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
Natural76
Debris and open burning66
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Equipment and vehicle use56
Railroad operations and maintenance48
Arson/incendiarism46
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
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
9 September 2009Debris and open burning385 acresFlorida Forest ServicePRESERVE FIRE
4 September 2001Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2014Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCANDLENUT (09)
2 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2014Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCEMETERY (09)
18 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBICENTENNIAL FIRE 1172
17 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use2.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSANCTION RD (09)
16 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined28 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBROOKSHIRE (09)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Citrus 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 Paradise Point: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
E.M. Kellogg - Kellogg's MinePhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer

Every working recorded in Citrus 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
Crystal River1.3 miles14
Cutlers1.5 miles15
Ozello5.3 miles17
Homosassa Springs5.6 miles15
Lecanto6.0 miles25
Black Diamond6.0 miles23
Red Level6.4 miles16
Citronelle6.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288486. 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.