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Parmalee, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Myakka City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34251. The Survey maps it on the Myakka City quadrangle.

Parmalee 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 Parmalee, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Parmalee, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

100 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Parmalee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,017 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 6 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
Natural26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning18
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2014Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMIDWAY RD. (58)
7 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2005-15-0397
3 August 1993Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2019Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMYAKKA STA 2 (41)
17 July 2007Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service41-65TH FIRE-0404
14 July 2019Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHOWZE RANCH (41)
14 July 1993Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 July 2012Natural4.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceMIDWAY RD (58)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manatee 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 Parmalee: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Aluminum, Iron, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 SouthPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Aluminum, Iron, Fluorine-FluoriteProspectChemical Sediment, Marine

Every working recorded in Manatee County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parmalee in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 2016Thunderstorm WindParmalee$8,000A friend of a NWS employee reported the roof being peeled back on their trailer near Myakka City.
October 2021Tornado (EFU)Parmalee-Tornadic Debris Signature (TDS) observed via KTBW WSR 88D. No damage reports received.

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
Verna2.9 miles12
Myakka City3.3 miles11
Waterbury6.8 miles12
Edgeville7.0 miles11
Bethany7.5 miles12
Sandy8.6 miles11
Myakka Head10.1 miles12
Oak Knoll10.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294880. 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.