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Salvista, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the North Fort Myers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33917. It stands on Powell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Myers quadrangle.

Salvista 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 Salvista, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Salvista, 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

420 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 420 fires within 5 miles of Salvista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,251 acres in total. 81 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
Railroad operations and maintenance138
Natural81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined54
Equipment and vehicle use43
Arson/incendiarism32
Recreation and ceremony30
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Debris and open burning8
Other causes3
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
27 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2009Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service36/THE HUNTER FIRE
10 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2012Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDEL (36)
8 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenance1.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 1999Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 1998Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBARN (36)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Salvista: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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
Colonial Dolomite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Edison PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Bayshore Manor0.5 miles14
North Fort Myers1.3 miles14
Palmona Park1.5 miles14
Poinciana Estates1.6 miles14
Suncoast Estates2.0 miles14
Palm and Pine Park2.0 miles14
Tice2.9 miles14
Fort Myers2.9 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 Q122561140The 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 295594. 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.