BlockBlack Hammock, Florida
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Jacksonville North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32226. It stands on Black Hammock Island. The Survey maps it on the Amelia City quadrangle.
Then and now
1919 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 69 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
9 surveys from 21 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.
- 1919 USGS Fernandina quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1944 USGS Fernandina quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Amelia City quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
113 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Black Hammock between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1,864 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 12 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 | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2014 | Natural | 3.6 acres | Florida Forest Service | GATE FORTY TWO (16) |
| 19 September 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 16-BONEY FIRE-2010-07-0487 |
| 19 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2003-07-1089 |
| 18 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GREGORY AVE. (45) |
| 4 August 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | BIG TALBOT FIRE 2006-07-0268 |
| 28 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve | PUMPKIN#1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shady Rest | 3.5 miles | 22 | |
| Cedar Point | 5.5 miles | 21 | |
| Dunn Creek | 6.3 miles | 24 | |
| Tisonia | 7.5 miles | 22 | |
| Pecan Park | 7.6 miles | 22 | |
| Duval | 7.9 miles | 24 | |
| Polly Town | 8.4 miles | 24 | |
| Fort George Island | 8.7 miles | 21 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295046. 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.