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Tatum, 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 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, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Tatum, 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

61 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Tatum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 458 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Natural11
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Arson/incendiarism2
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
14 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2009Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service58-RICHARDSON FIRE-0467
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
19 July 1993Misuse of fire by a minor25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresFlorida Forest Service245-HI-HAT FIRE
30 June 2007Natural1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service58- GATOR FIRE-15-0369

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sarasota County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Tatum: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Quality Aggregates - Richardson Rd. PitLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

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
Tatum Ridge1.0 miles13
Fordville1.5 miles13
Fruitville1.9 miles13
Lake Sarasota1.9 miles13
Belspur2.2 miles13
Sarasota Springs2.9 miles13
Hyde Park3.2 miles13
Pinecraft3.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 292054. 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.