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Riverdale, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It lies in ZIP code area 33523. The Survey maps it on the Lacoochee quadrangle.

Riverdale within Pasco County

Then and now

1955 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 23 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Riverdale, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Riverdale, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

160 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Riverdale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,194 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 32 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
Equipment and vehicle use35
Arson/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning28
Natural21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceLEAH (51)
29 September 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service27/WALMART FIRE/1119
27 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceEAGLE FALLS (27)
13 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.4 acresFlorida Forest Service51/TRILBY FIRE/0738
4 July 1992Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2006Natural16 acresFlorida Forest Service60/PRICE ROAD FIRE/0821

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pasco County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Riverdale: 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand, Limestone, General, 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
Ridge Manor MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ariana Dairy Farm, Inc. - Pedone Sand MineSandUnknown
Claire H. Clements - Master Tract MineSandUnknown
E R Jahna Industries, Inc. - Mills MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
E.R. Jahna - Mills MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Pasco 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
Trilby1.4 miles12
Trilcoochee1.5 miles12
Lacoochee1.7 miles12
Moss Town1.8 miles12
Blanton5.6 miles12
Jessamine6.2 miles15
Old Henley Place6.5 miles12
Clay Sink6.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289736. 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.