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Tryon, Florida

13 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 34266. It stands on Brandy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Nocatee quadrangle.

Tryon 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 Tryon, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Tryon, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

171 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Tryon between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,349 acres in total. 15 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
Railroad operations and maintenance52
Debris and open burning33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use22
Natural15
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
19 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceFEEDBAG (14)
19 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresFlorida Forest Service14-BULLDOG FIRE-0448
15 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service14-WINDY PINE FIRE-0439
30 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Service14-SUSPICIOUS FIRE-0418
5 July 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 July 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest Service14-PASSERBY FIRE-0428
19 July 2011Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceNW PINE LEVEL ST. (14)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeSoto 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 Tryon: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, Iron, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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
Horse Creek, D.E. CarltonPhosphorus-Phosphates, Uranium, Magnesite, Iron, Aluminum, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect1968
Pine Level DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Fluorine-Fluorite, Magnesite, Uranium, Aluminum, IronProspect1967

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
Pine Level2.4 miles14
Belgium (historical)3.4 miles13
Lansing3.5 miles14
Arcadia5.5 miles14
Cubitis6.0 miles13
Nocatee7.1 miles13
Brownville7.7 miles13
Hull8.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300246. 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.