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Sumterville, Florida

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Bushnell-Center Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33585. The Survey maps it on the Bushnell quadrangle. It stands 75 feet above sea level.

Sumterville within Sumter 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 Sumterville, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Sumterville, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

56 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Sumterville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 661 acres in total. 10 started naturally. None was 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 burning12
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Natural10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Recreation and ceremony2

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
2 September 2014Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOAK (60)
20 August 1993Natural180 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 August 2020Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service529A (60)
16 July 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 July 1992Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 June 2007Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Service60/PANHEAD FIRE/0693
13 June 2008Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Service800
1 June 2015Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceLAKE PAN BRIDGE(60)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sumter County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sumterville: 7 producers, 2 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Calcium, Sand. 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
Bedrock Resources - C470 MineSandProducer
Dixie LimeplantCalciumProducer
Dixie Lime & Stone Co.(Coleman #2)Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Dixie Lime and Stone Co. - Central MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
M.J. Stavola - Sumterville MineLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Aglime PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dix-FilStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sumter Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sumterville Lime QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Sumter County

Storms near this place

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sumterville in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSumterville$10,000A trained spotter reported several trees and power poles snapped along County Road 470 between County Roads 529 and 529A. There was also damage to the soffit and porch of a mobile home in this area, and part of the fence was blown down.
July 2000LightningSumterville$10,000Lightning struck, ignited and damaged a mobile home on the 2800 block of Southeast 21st Avenue in Sumterville.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSumterville$5,000The Sumter Electric Cooperative reported numerous trees down across the city of Sumterville.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindSumterville$3,000Emergency Manager reported a tree down, electrical lines, and unknown size hail.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindSumterville$1,000Emergency management in Sumter county reported that a large tree was knocked down at the corner of highways 470 and 301.
August 2012HailSumterville-Nickel sized hail was reported in Sumterville.
March 2011Tornado (EF1)Sumterville-The tornado was visually seen on the leading edge of a damaging squall line and it snapped softwood pine trees in its path. Downed trees blocked Highway 301 in Sumterville.
May 2007HailSumterville-Penny size hail was reported along Highway 301 in Sumterville.
March 1996HailSumterville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Sumter 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
Lake Panasoffkee1.8 miles19
Middleton2.8 miles15
Coleman3.8 miles19
Adamsville4.4 miles19
Panacoochee Retreats5.4 miles19
Bushnell6.1 miles15
Monarch6.3 miles19
Carver6.4 miles15

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.

Wikipedia article on SumtervilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7638078The 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 291811. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.