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Whitfield Estates, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Bradenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34243. It stands on Bowlees Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bradenton quadrangle.

Whitfield Estates within Manatee County

Then and now

1947 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 47 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Whitfield Estates, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Whitfield Estates, surveyed 1947

Compare 1947 against another survey:

On record in Whitfield Estates

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 9 records

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 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

28 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Whitfield Estates between 1992 and 2017, burning about 97 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Arson/incendiarism4
Natural4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2

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
1 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceUNIVERSITY DESOTO (58)
8 August 1993Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
19 August 1993Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 June 1993Natural2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
16 June 1992Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
15 June 1994Equipment and vehicle use15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 June 1994Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
13 June 1994Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Manatee County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Whitfield Estates: 1 occurrence, 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Dolomite, Calcium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Dolomite. 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
Clarks Dolomite QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, DolomitePast Producer
P and R Shell Pit No. 2CalciumProducer
Sarasota Dolomite QuarryDolomiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Manatee 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
Whitfield0.2 miles14
Ballentine Manor0.6 miles14
Tallevast1.5 miles14
Bayshore Gardens1.5 miles14
Matoaka2.1 miles14
Oneco2.9 miles14
South Bradenton3.7 miles14
Cedar Hammock4.0 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122540597The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 293251. 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.