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Yeehaw, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Fellsmere census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32966. The Survey maps it on the Fort Drum NE quadrangle.

Yeehaw within Indian River County

Then and now

1953 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 35 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Yeehaw, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Yeehaw, surveyed 1953

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

125 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Yeehaw between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,263 acres in total. 73 started naturally. 5 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
Natural73
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Railroad operations and maintenance13
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
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
4 September 1996Natural20 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2003Natural45 acresFlorida Forest Service2003-12-1117 O-6 OSCEOLA
30 August 2000Natural50 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2000Natural25 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2005Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceOK-PINELAND FIRE-1118
22 August 1993Natural450 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
18 August 2016Natural160 acresFlorida Forest ServiceSLOW BURN (49)
14 August 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceOK-PINELANDS-1067

Every fire recorded in Indian River County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Yeehaw: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Rucks Shell and Trucking - Rucks PitLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Indian River 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
Fellsmere15.2 miles17
Brookside17.7 miles17
Vero Lake Estates18.4 miles16
Vero Palm Estates19.6 miles16
Roseland22.4 miles17
Cummings22.8 miles17
Sebastian22.9 miles17
Wabasso23.2 miles19

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 Q122566712The 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 294376. 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.