BlockRye, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Myakka City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34212. It stands on Rye Branch. The Survey maps it on the Rye quadrangle.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1944 USGS Rye quadrangle1:31680
- 1944 USGS Rye quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Rye quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
72 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Rye between 1992 and 2020, burning about 616 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 41-UGLY PILE FIRE-0475 |
| 3 August 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | RYE ROAD (41) |
| 13 August 2007 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 41-THUNDERBOLT 2 FIRE-0442 |
| 6 July 2020 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CR675 (41) |
| 31 July 2013 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RYE WILDERNESS TRAIL (41) |
| 31 July 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 1998 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rye: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Sarasota - Sr 64 | Sand | Unknown | Sand |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290094. 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.