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.
Then and now
1952 to 1978The 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.


Compare 1952 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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 Daytona Beach quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
247 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 91 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF- BEVILLE ROAD |
| 2 September 2014 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | COVE POINT RD (64) |
| 18 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WF VILLAGE LANE-0739 |
| 11 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | CEDAR HIGHLANDS (64) |
| 4 August 1993 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbour Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Lightning | Blake | 1 killed, 2 hurt | A 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 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Blake | 1 hurt, $2,500,000 | A 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 2015 | Lightning | Blake | 1 hurt | An 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 2021 | Hail | Blake | - | 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 2020 | Hail | Blake | - | Local broadcast media relayed reports of quarter sized hail in South Daytona. |
| June 2020 | Hail | Blake | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Daytona | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pickwick Village | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Daytona Beach | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Daytona Beach Shores | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Port Orange | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Halifax Estates | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Seabreeze | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Allandale | 4.7 miles | 16 |
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.




