BlockCanova Beach, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Indialantic-Melbourne Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32937. The Survey maps it on the Tropic quadrangle.
Then and now
1949 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 32 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 12 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.
- 1949 USGS Tropic quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1951 USGS Tropic quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Cape Canaveral quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Canova Beach between 1992 and 2019, burning about 303 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 2003 | Fireworks | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2003-12-1025 GENERAL AVIATION |
| 5 June 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 June 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 June 1998 | Natural | 22 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 May 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MAGNOLIA FIRE (05) |
| 18 May 2009 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 800 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Canova Beach in 2 storm reports in 2023: 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2023 | Heavy Rain | Canova Beach | - | Weather Underground site KFLINDIA326 measured 6.39 inches of rain. |
| October 2023 | Heavy Rain | Canova Beach | - | Weather Underground site KFLINDIA381 measured 6.17 inches of rain. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Harbour Beach | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Tropic | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Satellite Beach | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Eau Gallie | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Indialantic | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Melbourne | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| South Patrick | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Sherman Park | 4.3 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.
| Wikidata item Q122572902 | 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 294397. 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.