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White Beach, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sarasota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34242. It lies near Siesta Key. The Survey maps it on the Bird Keys quadrangle.

White Beach 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 White Beach, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of White Beach, surveyed 1944

On record in White Beach

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of White Beach between 1992 and 2019, burning about 76 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
6 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 July 1998Natural1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 July 1992Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 June 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
4 June 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
11 June 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSAWYER RD. (58)
1 June 1994Natural15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
20 May 1997Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Point O'Rocks0.6 miles12
Gulf Gate Estates1.7 miles14
Vamo2.0 miles13
Palmer Ranch2.7 miles13
South Sarasota3.2 miles14
Ridge Wood Heights3.3 miles14
South Gate Ridge3.5 miles13
Bailey Hall3.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 293195. 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.