BlockCrandall, Florida
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Yulee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32097. It sits by Reids Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Saint Marys quadrangle.
Then and now
1918 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1918 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 23 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.
- 1918 USGS St Marys quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS St Marys quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1919 USGS St. Marys quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS St Marys quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS St. Marys quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS St Marys quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS St. Marys quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS St Marys quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS St. Marys quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
234 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Crandall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 781 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 72 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 43 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 41 |
| Natural | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CAMDEN-042 |
| 15 September 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 2011 | Natural | 37 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROAD 19 (45) |
| 31 August 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295224. 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.