Wagon Wheel, Florida

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Everglades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34141. It lies near Thompson Pine Island. The Survey maps it on the Thompson Pine Island quadrangle.

Wagon Wheel within Collier County

Then and now

1956 to 1987

The same ground, surveyed 31 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wagon Wheel, surveyed 1987

Topographic sheet of Wagon Wheel, surveyed 1956

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1974 USGS Immokalee 4 SE quadrangle1:24000
1974 USGS Thompson Pine Island quadrangle1:24000
1985 USGS Naples quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

52 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Wagon Wheel between 1992 and 2019, burning about 24,629 acres in total. 32 started naturally. 3 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	32
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Arson/incendiarism	3
Debris and open burning	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	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
12 September 1993	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	ELLISON
11 September 1993	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Big Cypress National Preserve	CHANDLER
22 August 1997	Natural	under an acre	Big Cypress National Preserve	NOBLESREST
19 August 2004	Natural	4.0 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	CALSTONE
14 August 2002	Natural	under an acre	Big Cypress National Preserve	LITTLEDEER
7 July 2004	Natural	15 acres	Big Cypress National Preserve	DRAKESNW2
31 July 2003	Natural	under an acre	Big Cypress National Preserve	DRSPRAIRIE
30 July 1998	Natural	under an acre	Big Cypress National Preserve	MUD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Turkey Foot

Every fire recorded in Collier 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
Turkey Foot	2.0 miles	11
Rock Island	14.8 miles	12
Miles City	15.3 miles	13
Deep Lake	15.3 miles	12
Jerome	16.6 miles	10
Trailtown	17.0 miles	10
Copeland	18.5 miles	10
Ochopee	18.7 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307580. 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.