BlockBetts, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Youngstown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32438. The Survey maps it on the Compass Lake quadrangle.
Then and now
1952 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1952 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 15 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.
- 1952 USGS Compass Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Compass Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Compass Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
318 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 318 fires within 5 miles of Betts between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,633 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 20 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 | 97 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 30 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Other causes | 10 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 03/TIMBERCREST RD-0504 |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | TIMBERCREST (03) |
| 30 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TOLLIVER RD (03) |
| 3 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PARK PLACE (03) |
| 24 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NONAWOOD RD (03) |
| 22 September 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SWEETWATER BRANCH RD - 1315 (03) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Betts in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Betts | - | This tornado touched down in far northeast Bay county, travelled through far northwest Calhoun county, and ended in Jackson county. The Bay county portion of the tornado is rated EF0. The Calhoun and Jackson county portions of the tornado are rated EF1 with max winds estimated at 90 mph. The tornado began in northeastern Bay county where it touched down in a wooded area between US 231 and NW County road 274 snapping several trees. Multiple trees along NW County road 167 were snapped or uprooted. The track continued to the northeast into Jackson county where it crossed through forested land before crossing Freeman Road. The tornado continued through another wooded area before moving parallel with Grand Mesa Avenue where several trees were uprooted or snapped. The tornado then continued through another wooded area before crossing Varsey Lane where it damaged some small outbuilding sheds as well as snapped a few trees. The tornado continued to track parallel to Varsey Lane to the northeast before snapping tree tops along its path before lifting just beyond Celestial Lane in another wooded area. The tornado reached its maximum width of approximately 450 yards as well as its maximum intensity as it crossed NW county road 167 with the most widespread tree damage observed at this point. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Betts | - | A tree was blown down on Greenbriar Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Betts | - | Trees and power lines were blown down along Owenwood Road. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295130. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.