Basswood Estates, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Okeechobee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34972. The Survey maps it on the Taylor Creek SE quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 35 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
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS Taylor Creek SE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1986 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
382 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 382 fires within 5 miles of Basswood Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,340 acres in total. 65 started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 82 |
| Natural | 65 |
| Debris and open burning | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SMOKE HOUSE (47) |
| 29 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2009 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (OK) ORLANDO FIRE (710) |
| 24 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-16-1280 |
| 18 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whispering Pines | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Barber Quarters | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Okeechobee | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Cypress Quarters | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Mildred | 4.0 miles | 13 | |
| Dixie Ranch Acres | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Taylor Creek | 5.6 miles | 15 | |
| Sherman | 7.1 miles | 15 |
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 Q122545192 | 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 278170. 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.






