BlockClay Sink, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Lacoochee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33597. The Survey maps it on the Clay Sink quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 23 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.
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Clay Sink quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
162 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 162 fires within 5 miles of Clay Sink between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,045 acres in total. 71 started naturally. 42 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 71 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | COW PENS (60) |
| 30 August 2001 | Natural | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2000 | Natural | 26 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 1998 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 2006 | Natural | 16 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60/PRICE ROAD FIRE/0821 |
| 23 July 1999 | Natural | 340 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sturkey | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lacoochee | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Moss Town | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Trilcoochee | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Old Henley Place | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Trilby | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Riverdale | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Tommytown | 9.8 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 Q122565904 | 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 294716. 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.