BlockCisky Park, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Leesburg East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34748. It lies near Monkey Island. The Survey maps it on the Leesburg East 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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Leesburg East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
73 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Cisky Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 197 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 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 | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 August 1993 | Natural | 29 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 July 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/SECRETARIAT FIRE/0754 |
| 27 June 2010 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/CLOSED GATE FIRE/0734 |
| 20 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 35/ HOUSE PILE FIRE 0690 |
| 2 June 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cisky Park: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida China Clay Company Pit | Kaolin | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunnyside | 0.8 miles | 12 | |
| Eldorado | 1.3 miles | 12 | |
| Leesburg | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Hawthorne | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Okahumpka (historical) | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Montclair | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Okahumpka | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Silver Lake | 4.2 miles | 12 |
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 Q122558030 | 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 280465. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.