Vista, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Cedar Key-Yankeetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32626. It lies near Little Turkey Island. The Survey maps it on the Vista quadrangle.

Vista within Levy County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

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 Vista, surveyed 1978

Topographic sheet of Vista, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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.

1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Vista quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Cedar Keys quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

79 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Vista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,618 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 8 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
Natural	39
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	12
Arson/incendiarism	8
Debris and open burning	8
Equipment and vehicle use	6
Railroad operations and maintenance	4
Recreation and ceremony	1
Smoking	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
26 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge	ARSON2
25 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge	ARSON1
27 August 1998	Equipment and vehicle use	50 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
22 August 2000	Natural	10 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named
15 August 2006	Natural	under an acre	Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge	DE NORTH
11 August 1992	Natural	48 acres	Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge	GATE 8
9 July 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge	LAZY
7 July 2011	Natural	14 acres	Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge	PUSH TRAM ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Levy 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 Vista: 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Unnamed Limestone Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Levy 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fowlers Bluff	1.9 miles	12
Beech Creek (historical)	3.0 miles	12
Rosewood	11.3 miles	11
Manatee Road	11.8 miles	10
Sumner	11.8 miles	11
Chiefland	12.1 miles	11
Wakasassa (historical)	12.3 miles	12
Usher	12.4 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294960. 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.