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Blake, Florida

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Port Orange census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32119. The Survey maps it on the Daytona Beach quadrangle.

Blake within Volusia County

Then and now

1952 to 1978

The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Blake, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Blake, surveyed 1952

Compare 1952 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Blake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,207 acres in total. 91 started naturally. 30 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
Natural91
Equipment and vehicle use35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Arson/incendiarism30
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Recreation and ceremony14
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2007Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWF- BEVILLE ROAD
2 September 2014Misuse of fire by a minor12 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCOVE POINT RD (64)
18 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceWF VILLAGE LANE-0739
11 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2001Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresFlorida Forest ServiceCEDAR HIGHLANDS (64)
4 August 1993Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Volusia County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Blake: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barbour Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Volusia County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Blake in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2021: 3 hail, 2 lightning, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 death and 4 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2016LightningBlake1 killed, 2 hurtA woman and man from Georgia were near the waters edge at the 3100 block of South Atlantic Avenue in Daytona Beach Shores when they were struck by lightning from a thunderstorm located about 4 miles to the north. The woman was unconscious when she was transported to the hospital and later died. The man was conscious and also transported to the hospital with injuries. Another woman nearby was also affected by the strike, but was able to walk away and seek treatment on her own.
July 2009Tornado (EF0)Blake1 hurt, $2,500,000A NWS ground survey of damage revealed a weak EF0 tornado touched down in the extreme northeast portion of the Lighthouse Point mobile home community. The tornado continued south-southwest and strengthened to a strong EF0 tornado within the Laurelwood manufactured home community, then lifted in the extreme northwest portion of the Brandy Hills subdivision. Light debris (insulation, styrofoam) was deposited up to 2 miles downstream (south-southeast) from where the tornado lifted. 154 homes sustained damage: 3 uninhabitable, 60 major damage, 43 minor damage, 48 very minimal damage. One man sustained a minor injury, due to cuts from broken glass. EF assessment: DI3, DOD4, LB-EXP.
June 2015LightningBlake1 hurtAn eleven year old boy from Georgia was struck by lightning while fishing in the ocean in waist deep water. The boy was transported to a nearby hospital and admitted in serious condition. After several days in the hospital, he was released to a rehabilitation center and was recovering.
March 2021HailBlake-Volusia County Ocean Rescue reports hail up to half dollar in size in Daytona Beach Shores. They also reported the entire ocean front was covered in hail, with accumulations of a few inches in spots.
August 2020HailBlake-Local broadcast media relayed reports of quarter sized hail in South Daytona.
June 2020HailBlake-The public reported penny sized hail in Port Orange, near the intersection of Nova Road and Herbert Street, and near the intersection of Peninsula Drive and Dunlawton Avenue.

Every storm recorded in Volusia County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
South Daytona1.8 miles13
Pickwick Village2.8 miles13
Daytona Beach2.9 miles13
Daytona Beach Shores3.0 miles14
Port Orange3.2 miles14
Halifax Estates4.1 miles14
Seabreeze4.5 miles13
Allandale4.7 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 307782. 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.

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.