BlockBay Hill, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Bushnell-Center Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33513. It stands on Spring Run. The Survey maps it on the Wahoo quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 24 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 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.
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Wahoo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
87 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Bay Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,158 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 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 | 30 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60/HAY BALE FIRE 0629 |
| 13 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60/PLANTATION FIRE 0592 |
| 8 July 2017 | Natural | 1,700 acres | Florida Forest Service | COD DR (09) |
| 29 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 July 1992 | Natural | 100 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 July 1994 | Natural | 280 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bay Hill: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storey Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Fullers Earth Prospect | Fullers Earth | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wahoo | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Bushnell | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Lincoln Park | 8.0 miles | 15 | |
| Carver | 8.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Panasoffkee | 8.3 miles | 19 | |
| Panacoochee Retreats | 8.3 miles | 19 | |
| Carlson | 8.5 miles | 19 | |
| Saint Catherine | 8.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295115. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.