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Solite, Florida

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Penney Farms census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32043. It stands on Mill Log Creek. The Survey maps it on the Middleburg quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Solite within Clay County

Then and now

1918 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Solite (historical), surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Solite (historical), surveyed 1918

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 21 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

190 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Solite (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,580 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 21 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 maintenance49
Natural35
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Arson/incendiarism21
Equipment and vehicle use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony4
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
9 September 1996Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2006Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Service835
25 August 1999Natural30 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceFLORIDA STREET (10)
15 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service10 TUMBLEWEED 2 2008-07-0437
15 August 1995Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clay County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Solite (historical): 6 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium-Heavy Minerals. 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
Highland MineTitanium-Heavy MineralsProducerLeucoxene, Zircon, Kyanite, Rutile
Russell MillStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Russell MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Florida Solite Company - Russell MineClayUnknown
Hole No 22 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 24 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 33 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 36 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 42 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Hole No 53 Clay ProspectClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Clay 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
Russell0.8 miles20
Doctors Inlet2.7 miles21
Black Creek (historical)3.0 miles21
Rideout3.1 miles21
Peoria Siding3.2 miles21
Hibernia3.3 miles20
Asbury Lake3.4 miles21
Fellowship Park3.5 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307155. 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.