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Venice Groves, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Venice census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34293. It stands on Alligator Creek. The Survey maps it on the Venice quadrangle.

Venice Groves within Sarasota County

Then and now

1944 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Venice Groves, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Venice Groves, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

144 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 144 fires within 5 miles of Venice Groves between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,008 acres in total. 54 started naturally. 9 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
Natural54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresFlorida Forest ServiceI75 MM192 (58)
1 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceBRIDGE ST 2 (58)
22 August 2005Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service58-CENTER RD FIRE-0413
21 August 2014Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceBRIDGE ST (58)
21 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest Service58-BRIDGE FIRE 2-0263
18 August 2001Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
17 August 2010Natural2.7 acresFlorida Forest Service58-BRIDGE ST FIRE-0260
17 August 1996Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sarasota 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 Venice Groves: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Everglades Estates PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Everglades PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hanchey MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Laurel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
South Venice1.0 miles14
Southwest Venice1.3 miles14
Venice Gardens1.4 miles14
Venice East1.4 miles14
Plantation2.0 miles12
Woodmere2.3 miles14
Manasota2.6 miles14
Manasota Beach2.9 miles14

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.

Wikidata item Q122555575The 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 292753. 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.