Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. 9 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1943.
“The Johnson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church is a historic church in Laurel, Florida. On October 8, 1997, it was added to the U.S.”
Wikipedia article Johnson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 103 National Register listings published here for Sarasota County · listed in 1997 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
The ground this property stands on, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Johnson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,465 acres in total. 65 started naturally. 7 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 | 65 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1996 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1996 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | I75 MM192 (58) |
| 22 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2003-15-1104 |
| 12 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2020 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RANCH RD 2 (58) |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Johnson Chapel Missionary Baptist Church: 7 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dot Sarasota - Cow Pen Slough Mine | Sand | Unknown | Sand | |
| Everglades Estates Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Everglades Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Laurel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Laurel Pit Fla. Truck. & Excava. | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Rigby Pit | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Apac-Florida - Laurel Shell Pit | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Deans Contracting - Section 35 Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Stephen T. Deans - Section 21 Mine | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Laurel, the town this property stands in, in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2015: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laurel | $7,000 | Broadcast media relayed a report and pictures of several large trees uprooted or snapped at the bases near Nokomis, FL. The trees were all in a confined area and appeared to be blown down in roughly the same direction (to the west), leading to the conclusion that the damage was caused by a small microburst. |
| December 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Laurel | $5,000 | Eight mobile homes received minor damage to lanais and carports. |
| June 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Laurel | - | The public reported, through WWSB-TV (ABC) of Sarasota, a small tornado that briefly touched down over a sparsely populated, partially wooded area, near the intersection of Interstate 75 and State Road 681, two miles northeast of Laurel in western Sarasota county. |
United States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Nokomis Beach Pavilion | 1.4 miles | 2013 |
 | Eagle Point Historic District | 1.5 miles | 1991 |
 | Johnson-Schoolcrafy Building | 1.8 miles | 1996 |
 | Hotel Venice | 2.1 miles | 1984 |
 | Venice Depot | 2.1 miles | 1989 |
 | Valencia Hotel and Arcade | 2.1 miles | 1994 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 97001218 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Sarasota County | All 103 listed properties in this county. |
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