Casa Blanco, Florida
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32344. The Survey maps it on the Lake Miccosukee 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 7 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 Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lake Miccosukee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
139 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Casa Blanco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 616 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 43 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (33) TEXACO FIRE |
| 1 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (33) WILD TURKEY |
| 17 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Casa Blanco in 8 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casa Blanco | $2,000 | Fallen trees and limbs resulted in a power outage near the intersection of Waukeenah Highway and Highway 19. |
| January 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casa Blanco | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down south of Monticello. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casa Blanco | $2,000 | Fallen trees and limbs resulted in a power outage in the Drifton area. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casa Blanco | - | Fallen trees or limbs resulted in a power outage off of Waukeenah Highway. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casa Blanco | - | A tree was blown down along Highway 19 near Aucilla Road. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Casa Blanco | - | Fallen trees or limbs were resulted in a power outage near Highway 19 and Waukeenah Highway. |
| January 2021 | Flash Flood | Casa Blanco | - | Highway 19 north of the railroad bridge was temporarily closed due to flooding from heavy rain of 5-8 inches in a short period of time. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Casa Blanco | - | Dime to penny size hail was observed south of Monticello. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drifton | 1.5 miles | 9 | |
| Lois | 1.6 miles | 7 | |
| Montivilla | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Monticello | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Hatchcakamocha (historical) | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Nash | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Alma | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Festus | 7.3 miles | 7 |
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 Q122571138 | 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 294707. 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.




