BlockBallard Pines, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Melbourne Shores-Floridana Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32951. It lies near Latham Island. The Survey maps it on the Sebastian NW quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 39 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 17 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 Sebastian NW quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1951 USGS Sebastian NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Vero Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Vero Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Ballard Pines between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,179 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 8 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | WAGON (05) |
| 3 September 2001 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-12-1080 INDIAN RIVER |
| 31 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | RATTLESNAKE (05) |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WAGON WHEEL (5) |
| 19 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | WAGON (5) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evans Pines | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Floridana Beach | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Micco | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Grant | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Melbourne Shores | 3.6 miles | 16 | |
| Valkaria | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Grant-Valkaria | 5.2 miles | 16 | |
| Malabar | 7.6 miles | 13 |
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 Q122557029 | The 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 278064. 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.