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Royal Harbor, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Naples census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34102. It stands on Haldeman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Naples South quadrangle.

Royal Harbor within Collier 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 Royal Harbor, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Royal Harbor, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Royal Harbor between 1992 and 2018, burning about 655 acres in total. 13 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
Railroad operations and maintenance18
Arson/incendiarism14
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
18 August 2007Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service11/OAK WILLOW FIRE
8 July 1992Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 July 1998Natural40 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 July 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2004-17-0439
20 July 2012Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWILDFLOWER (11)
6 June 1999Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 June 2007Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Service2007-17-0376
25 June 2011Natural42 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBAREFOOT (11)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collier 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 Royal Harbor: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Golden Gate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Collier 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
Port Royal0.4 miles14
Naples2.5 miles15
East Naples2.6 miles15
Lely3.3 miles14
Naples Manor3.6 miles14
The Moorings4.2 miles15
Berkshire Lakes5.0 miles15
Lely Resort5.2 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122559660The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 298994. 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.