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Waterway Estates, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Cape Coral census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33903. It stands on Hancock Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fort Myers NW quadrangle.

Waterway Estates within Lee 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 Waterway Estates, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Waterway Estates, surveyed 1956

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

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Waterway Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,860 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 19 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 maintenance85
Natural29
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use21
Arson/incendiarism19
Recreation and ceremony19
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Debris and open burning3
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
27 September 1993Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
10 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 August 1996Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 July 1992Natural70 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 2000Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 July 1994Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
31 July 2000Natural6.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
3 July 2004Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service2004-17-0390

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lee 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 Waterway Estates: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 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.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Colonial Dolomite PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Edison PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Lee 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
Lochmoor Waterway Estates0.2 miles14
Fort Myers1.9 miles14
North Fort Myers2.4 miles14
Palmona Park3.2 miles14
Palm and Pine Park3.3 miles14
Bayshore Manor3.4 miles14
Salvista3.6 miles14
Whiskey Creek4.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 299046. 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.