BlockAngel City, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Merritt Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32952. It lies near Big Island. The Survey maps it on the Cocoa quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 32 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
8 surveys from 12 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.
- 1949 USGS Cocoa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Cocoa quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Cocoa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cape Canaveral quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
66 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Angel City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 609 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 6 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 | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 1993 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 1993 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | 9.7NATOUT |
| 29 July 1994 | Natural | 17 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge | WATERLOGGED |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Footman | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cocoa Beach | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Tropical Park | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Rockledge | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Rockwell | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Georgiana | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Indianola | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Cape Canaveral | 5.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 277877. 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.