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Southfort, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Arcadia West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34269. The Survey maps it on the Fort Ogden quadrangle.

Southfort within DeSoto 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 Southfort, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Southfort, surveyed 1956

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

165 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Southfort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,176 acres in total. 42 started naturally. 6 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
Natural42
Railroad operations and maintenance27
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use24
Debris and open burning24
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking1
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
3 September 1996Natural35 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1994Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2010Natural32 acresFlorida Forest Service14-SWEATY BEAR FIRE-0281
25 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2007Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service14-BRANSON FIRE-0476
26 August 2000Natural12 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
24 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSE SENATE ST (14)
24 August 2012Debris and open burning10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSW HULL (14)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeSoto County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Southfort: 3 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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.

Every working recorded in DeSoto 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
Fort Ogden1.5 miles14
Platt2.6 miles11
Hull3.7 miles14
Lake Suzy (not official)4.4 miles11
Nocatee7.7 miles13
Arcadia11.6 miles14
Belgium (historical)12.3 miles13
Tryon12.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295638. 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.