BlockCliftonville, Florida
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lake Butler census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32054. The Survey maps it on the Lulu 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 8 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
- 1966 USGS Lulu quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
158 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Cliftonville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,175 acres in total. 36 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 03-63-LONELY FIRE 1252 |
| 6 September 2020 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | NW 124TH AVE (63) |
| 6 September 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cliftonville in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2021: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2021 | Heavy Rain | Cliftonville | - | An observer measured 4.09 inches of storm total rainfall. |
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cliftonville | - | A large tree was blown down across State Road 238. |
| November 2019 | Heavy Rain | Cliftonville | - | Storm total rainfall from an observer near Lake Butler. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cliftonville | - | A spotter reported a pine tree was twisted off and fell on a home which caused damage. Multiple trees were blown down around nearby property. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cliftonville | - | Trees and power lines were blown down off of NW 107th Trail. The time of damage was based on radar. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295204. 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.