BlockAchackwaithle, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Eastpoint census division. It lies near Saint Marks Island. The Survey maps it on the Jackson River quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1943 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS Jackson River quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Jackson River quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Jackson River quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Port Saint Joe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Jackson River quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Achackwaithle (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,647 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (19) PARADISE FIRE |
| 21 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | THIRD STREET FIRE |
| 7 August 2006 | Natural | 425 acres | Florida Forest Service | 730 |
| 31 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 1999 | Natural | 250 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 July 2000 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2011 | Natural | 21 acres | Florida Forest Service | BUTCHER PEN (19-5) |
| 5 June 1994 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Hays Place | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Bay City | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Franklin | 5.3 miles | 16 | |
| Creels | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Fort Gadsden | 6.7 miles | 16 | |
| Tilton | 6.9 miles | 16 | |
| Apalachicola | 7.1 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294553. 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.