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Silver Beach Heights, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Umatilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32784. The Survey maps it on the Umatilla quadrangle.

Silver Beach Heights within Lake 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 Silver Beach Heights, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Silver Beach Heights, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

205 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 205 fires within 5 miles of Silver Beach Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,724 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 25 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Debris and open burning41
Natural40
Arson/incendiarism25
Equipment and vehicle use20
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3
Other causes1

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
25 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaNICOTOON
21 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceMILLS ST (35)
17 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaLAKE DORR 38
14 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNational Forests in FloridaLAKE DORR
1 September 2000Natural9.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 1993Naturalunder an acreNational Forests in Floridanot named
6 August 1996Natural5.0 acresNational Forests in FloridaBLACKWATER 1
6 August 1993Natural1.0 acresNational Forests in Floridanot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lake 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 Silver Beach Heights: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Marion Sand MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Lake 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
Confer0.9 miles14
Altoona1.2 miles14
Umatilla1.5 miles14
Pittman3.5 miles14
Dalhousie Acres3.7 miles14
Dona Vista4.2 miles14
Fort Mason5.6 miles14
Grand Island6.0 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 Q122596691The 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 306388. 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.