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Vitis, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Zephyrhills census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33540. The Survey maps it on the Dade City quadrangle.

Vitis within Pasco County

Then and now

1955 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 23 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vitis, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Vitis, surveyed 1955

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

67 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Vitis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,433 acres in total. 15 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
Natural15
Debris and open burning14
Railroad operations and maintenance12
Arson/incendiarism8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
18 August 1999Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 July 1998Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
14 July 1992Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 July 1995Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 2006Natural6.2 acresFlorida Forest Service51/PASCO FIRE/0639
30 June 1998Natural10 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 June 2006Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service51/DISTANT FIRE/0681
14 June 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pasco County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Vitis: 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Peat, 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
International Minerals and Chem. - MorrellLimestone, GeneralProducer
Steams Peat - Steams PitPeatProducerPeat
WRB Enterprizes, Inc. - WRB's Peat MinePeatUnknownPeat
Morrel Limerock MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Polk County MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Z Rock MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Pasco 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
Richland0.1 miles14
Lumberton1.1 miles14
Ellerslie2.0 miles14
Orange Grove Villas2.4 miles14
Port Lonesome2.8 miles14
Fort King Acres3.2 miles14
Branchborough3.3 miles14
South Clinton Heights3.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 292788. 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.