BlockBrown, Florida
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Worthington Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32054. The Survey maps it on the Worthington Springs quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 27 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
5 surveys from 8 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 Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Worthington Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
181 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Brown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,444 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 58 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NW 124TH AVE (63) |
| 6 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1999 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SW 85TH TRAIL (63) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dukes | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Miller | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Danville | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Browns Still | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Dana | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Cliftonville | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Guilford | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Worthington Springs | 4.5 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300824. 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.