BlockBay Point, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Lower Keys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33040. It lies near Wells Key. The Survey maps it on the Sugarloaf Key quadrangle. It stands 3 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1921 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 68 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
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1921 USGS Sugar Loaf Key quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Sugarloaf Key quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1972 USGS Sugarloaf Key quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Key West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Key West quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Bay Point between 2002 and 2010, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 May 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BIG PINE NON-AUTH BURN |
| 7 March 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 12 February 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Key Deer Refuge | SUGARLOAF1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perky | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Sugarloaf Shores | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| El Chico | 4.1 miles | 7 | |
| Big Coppitt Key | 4.2 miles | 7 | |
| Pirates Cove | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cudjoe Key | 5.9 miles | 5 | |
| Summerland Key | 8.4 miles | 5 | |
| Stock Island | 8.8 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Bay Point | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4874059 | 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 278225. 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.