BlockBoardman, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Reddick-McIntosh census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32667. The Survey maps it on the McIntosh quadrangle. It stands 69 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 85 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
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1893 USGS Citra quadrangle1:62500
- 1895 USGS Citra quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS McIntosh quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Boardman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,365 acres in total. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 1993 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/CROSS CREEK FIRE |
| 9 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 2004 | Natural | 42 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/ MANAGEMENT AREA |
| 5 July 2004 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/LOCHLOOSA1 FIRE |
| 29 July 2010 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/AUSTIN CARY FIRE #1 |
| 29 July 2000 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | ALACHUA/GARRISON HAMMOCK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boardman in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2011: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boardman | $3,100 | Thunderstorm winds damaged property along Shoreline Drive of Orange Lake in Northwest Marion County. Damage included a TV roof antenna that was bent off, a patio cover that was blown about 150 yards into the top of a neighbors tree about 30 feet above ground level, overhangs on the house were destroyed, tree limbs were torn off, and tops of trees were twisted. There was roof damage as well. The time of the event was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Boardman | - | Scattered trees and limbs were blown down onto power lines across eastern Alachua and northern Marion counties. The time of damage was based on radar imagery. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McIntosh | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| South Side | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Cuscowilla (historical) | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Orange Lake | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Paynes Town (historical) | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Irvine | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Lakeside Travel Park | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Fort Drane | 5.9 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Boardman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4931420 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295143. 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.
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.