BlockClay Island, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Tavares census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34705. The Survey maps it on the Astatula 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 13 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 Astatula quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Clay Island between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,860 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 35/MADISON/0857 |
| 19 August 1993 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 July 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 31 July 2002 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 June 2004 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | LAYLAINE FIRE/0618 |
| 2 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 June 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | POND PINE (35) |
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 Clay Island: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand. 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 Crushed Stone Co. - Pine Needle Mine | Sand | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howey Height | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ferndale | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Astatula | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Montverde | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Orange Blossom | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Howey-in-the-Hills | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Lake Jem | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Waits Junction | 6.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295197. 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.