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Seven Springs, Florida

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the New Port Richey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34655. The Survey maps it on the Elfers quadrangle.

Seven Springs within Pasco County

Then and now

1943 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 55 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Seven Springs, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Seven Springs, surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

170 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Seven Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,208 acres in total. 51 started naturally. 39 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
Natural51
Arson/incendiarism39
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Equipment and vehicle use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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 2000Natural3.5 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 September 2015Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceIMPACT (29)
23 September 2010Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service51/ANCLOTE FIRE-0987
17 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1999Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1993Natural44 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2007Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service29 LAKE DAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pasco 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 Seven Springs: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jay Two Three, Inc. - Day 23 Mi NeSandProducer

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
Trinity2.3 miles17
Elfers3.0 miles17
New Port Richey3.6 miles17
Odessa4.1 miles19
Forest Hills4.2 miles17
Beacon Lakes4.2 miles17
Holiday4.3 miles17
Beacon Square4.7 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295613. 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.