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Saint Catherine, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Bushnell-Center Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33597. The Survey maps it on the Saint Catherine quadrangle.

Saint Catherine within Sumter County

Then and now

1955 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Saint Catherine, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Saint Catherine, surveyed 1955

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

93 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Saint Catherine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 398 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 13 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
Debris and open burning24
Railroad operations and maintenance23
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use13
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
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
22 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service747(60)
1 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceROCK PILE (27)
23 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresFlorida Forest Service609A (60)
23 July 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service60/SW 53RD-0806
8 June 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 June 2006Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service27/ HATTERAS FIRE 0635
28 June 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service60/OAK TREE FIRE/0779

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Saint Catherine: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: 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
Saint Catherine QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Angelo's Crushed Concrete, Inc. - Sumter MineLimestone, GeneralUnknownLimestone
Florida Crushed Stone - St. Catherine QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Sumter 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
Bucker Womans Town (historical)3.0 miles14
Lincoln Park3.4 miles15
Carver3.8 miles15
Bushnell4.0 miles15
Webster4.4 miles13
Oak Grove5.1 miles13
Bevilles Corner5.2 miles15
Tarrytown5.8 miles13

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.

Wikipedia article on Saint CatherineAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7587444The 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 290159. 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.