BlockBeverly, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Eastpoint census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32328. The Survey maps it on the Beverly quadrangle.
Then and now
1945 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 43 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
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1945 USGS Beverly quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1945 USGS Beverly quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Beverly quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Beverly between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,607 acres in total. 21 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 | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2014 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | RING (19-5) |
| 30 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TOWER RD EQUIPMENT (19-5) |
| 27 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | TOWER RD (19) -0525 |
| 21 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | THIRD STREET FIRE |
| 6 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (19) SUZUKI FIRE |
| 31 August 2007 | Natural | 45 acres | National Forests in Florida | SAPP ROAD |
| 31 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Natural | 5.0 acres | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hays Place | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Achackwaithle (historical) | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Creels | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Fort Gadsden | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Bay City | 7.2 miles | 16 | |
| Franklin | 7.9 miles | 16 | |
| High Bluff | 7.9 miles | 17 | |
| Brickyard | 8.1 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295133. 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.