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Tatum Ridge, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sarasota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34240. The Survey maps it on the Bee Ridge quadrangle.

Tatum Ridge within Sarasota County

Then and now

1947 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 41 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tatum Ridge, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Tatum Ridge, surveyed 1947

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Tatum Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 514 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 3 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
Natural14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
5 September 1998Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2009Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service58-RICHARDSON FIRE-0467
17 August 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service58-PROCTOR FIRE-0568
30 July 2009Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Service58-H & H FIRE-0460
29 July 2002Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service245-HI-HAT FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sarasota County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Tatum Ridge: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Brown Road PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Newburn PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sarasota 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
Tatum1.0 miles13
Fordville1.2 miles13
Lake Sarasota2.6 miles13
Fruitville2.7 miles13
Belspur2.8 miles13
Utopia3.3 miles14
Sarasota Springs3.9 miles13
Hyde Park4.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300877. 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.