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Renaissance, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Lehigh Acres census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33912. The Survey maps it on the Fort Myers SE quadrangle.

Renaissance within Lee 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 Renaissance, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Renaissance, surveyed 1956

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

225 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Renaissance between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,295 acres in total. 100 started naturally. 14 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
Natural100
Railroad operations and maintenance43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks2
Smoking2
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
3 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1993Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 September 1999Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 1997Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2018Natural15 acresFlorida Forest ServiceHAUL RD (36)
4 August 2012Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCORRECTION (36)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee 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 Renaissance: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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
Fl Rock Ind.,Inc.(Ft. Myers Plant)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Florida Rock Industries - Ft. Myers MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Harper Brothers - Colonial MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Stephens Const. Mat. ContractorsLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Fort Myers Villas3.4 miles14
Gateway3.4 miles14
Villas3.5 miles14
Page Park3.8 miles14
Pine Manor4.3 miles15
Whiskey Creek4.9 miles15
Miromar Lakes5.0 miles15
Forest Island Park5.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2071799. 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.