BlockCarver, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Bushnell-Center Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33513. The Survey maps it on the Bushnell quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in Carver
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.
Thomas R. Pierce Houselisted 1996 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Bushnell quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
70 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Carver between 1992 and 2020, burning about 442 acres in total. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 747(60) |
| 23 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | 609A (60) |
| 28 June 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 60/OAK TREE FIRE/0779 |
| 26 June 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 60/BATTLEFIELD FIRE/0768 |
| 15 June 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 May 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | POTTING SOIL (60) |
| 29 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 60/722 FIRE-0657 |
| 28 May 1994 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Park | 0.4 miles | 15 | |
| Bushnell | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Bevilles Corner | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Catherine | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Webster | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Grove | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Wahoo | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Center Hill | 5.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 280090. 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.