BlockSlones Ridge, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Groveland-Mascotte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34736. It stands on Slones Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Mascotte quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The 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 sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Mascotte quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
140 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Slones Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,033 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 17 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 burning | 36 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/CARTER ISLAND FIRE/1006 |
| 1 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 July 1999 | Natural | 100 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 July 2007 | Natural | 3.7 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60/LITTLE SLASH FIRE/0812 |
| 10 July 2000 | Natural | 52 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 June 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Slones Ridge: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Peat, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C & C Peat - Honeycut Pit | Peat | Producer | Peat | |
| Central Florida Excavating - Brown Fish Pond | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mabel Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposit | Diatomite | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuscannoga | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Mascotte | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Groveland | 5.2 miles | 11 | |
| Bay Lake | 7.3 miles | 11 | |
| Clermont | 9.3 miles | 11 | |
| Minneola | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| South Clermont | 10.7 miles | 11 | |
| Orange Blossom | 11.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 291228. 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.