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Piney Point, Florida

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Palmetto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34221. The Survey maps it on the Cockroach Bay quadrangle.

Piney Point within Manatee County

Then and now

1921 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Piney Point, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Piney Point, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Piney Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 386 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 8 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
Natural15
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
29 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 2003Arson/incendiarism23 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBABCOCK
6 July 2002Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 July 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 July 1993Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 June 2007Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service29 MIDNIGHT
26 June 2004Natural50 acresFlorida Forest ServiceVALROY II
24 June 2004Natural8.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceVALROY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manatee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Piney Point: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Palmetto Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sun City Shell - Sun City PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

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
Gillette2.4 miles17
Rubonia3.9 miles17
Terra Ceia4.3 miles17
Palm View4.6 miles17
Erie5.5 miles13
Memphis Heights6.8 miles17
Memphis6.9 miles17
Parrish6.9 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 288963. 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.