BlockDeem City, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Glades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33493. The Survey maps it on the Deem City quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 31 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
8 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.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Deem City quadrangle1:24000
- 1974 USGS Everglades 1 SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Lauderdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Deem City between 1993 and 2020, burning about 76,320 acres in total. 21 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2012 | Natural | 425 acres | Florida Forest Service | L-6 ( 50 ) |
| 18 August 2011 | Natural | 7,000 acres | Florida Forest Service | 3A NORTH |
| 14 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | THE CAMP FIRE |
| 7 July 1997 | Natural | 6,000 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 1993 | Natural | 500 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2019 | Natural | 21,100 acres | Florida Forest Service | TWO ALPHA ( 50 ) |
| 29 July 2007 | Natural | 120 acres | Florida Forest Service | KEVIN FIRE |
| 26 July 2011 | Natural | 60 acres | Florida Forest Service | HILLSBORO CANAL (6) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terrytown | 0.2 miles | 12 | |
| Shawano | 15.0 miles | 11 | |
| Browns Farm | 15.5 miles | 11 | |
| Mission Bay | 17.7 miles | 16 | |
| Sandalfoot Cove | 18.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hamptons at Boca Raton | 19.1 miles | 16 | |
| Whisper Walk | 19.1 miles | 16 | |
| Boca Pointe | 20.2 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Deem City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5250013 | 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 307467. 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.