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Sidell, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Interior County census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34286. The Survey maps it on the Murdock SE quadrangle.

Sidell within Sarasota County

Then and now

1956 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 32 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sidell, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Sidell, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

504 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 504 fires within 5 miles of Sidell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,114 acres in total. 201 started naturally. 45 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
Natural201
Equipment and vehicle use135
Missing data/not specified/undetermined66
Arson/incendiarism45
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Recreation and ceremony13
Debris and open burning11
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks3

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
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service58-JOLLIVETTE FIRE-0488
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1994Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1994Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1992Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
6 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Every fire recorded in Sarasota 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 Sidell: 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
General Development Corp. - County MineSandProducer
Sarasota County Deposit No. 1Phosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Iron, Magnesite, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1962
Coronet Road Processing PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant

Every working recorded in Sarasota 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
North Port8.1 miles11
Warm Mineral Springs8.6 miles12
Tarpon Point10.8 miles12
Honore11.6 miles11
Shiney Town13.2 miles11
Plantation14.0 miles12
Venice East14.5 miles14
Hidden River14.7 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300881. 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.