BlockAve Maria, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Immokalee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34142. The Survey maps it on the Immokalee SW quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 31 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
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Immokalee SW quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Naples quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Ave Maria between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,579 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2011 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | LATE WORK (11) |
| 7 July 2012 | Natural | 50 acres | Seminole Tribe | YOUTH RANCH FIRE |
| 4 July 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 July 2004 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2004-17-0429 |
| 15 July 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 July 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harker | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Immokalee | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Sunniland | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Orangetree | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Corkscrew | 11.5 miles | 12 | |
| Heritage Bay | 12.7 miles | 13 | |
| Golden Gates Estates | 12.8 miles | 13 | |
| Miles City | 13.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2806001. 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.