BlockBlocker, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Northeast Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32312. The Survey maps it on the Lake Jackson quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1954 against another survey:
On record in Blocker
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Meridian Roadlisted 2013 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lake Jackson quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Lake Jackson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Lake Jackson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
47 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Blocker between 1992 and 2020, burning about 628 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 1993 | Natural | 160 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GARDNER LANDING (37) |
| 6 July 2006 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (37) MILLERS LANDING FIRE |
| 27 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (37) MERIDIAN ROAD TREE FIRE |
| 15 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (37) LAKE IAMONIA INCIDENT |
| 22 June 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Florida Forest Service | HORSESHOE 2 (37) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bradfordville | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Meridian | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Oak Knoll Estates | 4.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bridle Path Acres | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Centerville | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Ocklockonee (historical) | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| El Destinado | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Harbinwood Estates | 6.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 278995. 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.