BlockDana Point, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Niceville-Valparaiso census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32578. It stands on Sarah Ann Branch. The Survey maps it on the Destin quadrangle.
Then and now
1935 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 59 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
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1935 USGS Villa Tasso quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Villa Tasso quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Villa Tasso quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Pensacola quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Destin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Fort Walton Beach quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Destin quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Dana Point between 1999 and 2012, burning about 1,102 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HOWARD ST (66) |
| 5 July 2006 | Fireworks | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 830 |
| 9 June 2002 | Natural | 1,100 acres | Eglin Air Force Base | EGLIN COMPLEX |
| 16 October 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 January 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | 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 Dana Point: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niceville Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Postil | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Niceville | 2.2 miles | 20 | |
| Valparaiso | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Seminole | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Eglin Village | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Lake Lorraine | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Shalimar | 6.6 miles | 18 | |
| Destin | 6.6 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2026941. 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.