BlockDekle Beach, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Perry South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32348. It stands on Sweetwater Creek. The Survey maps it on the Keaton Beach quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 24 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 10 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 Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Keaton Beach quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Cross City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
129 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 129 fires within 5 miles of Dekle Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 606 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 31 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 | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BLUE CREEK (62) |
| 22 September 2017 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | DEADMAN'S CURVE (62) |
| 22 September 2017 | Natural | 18 acres | Florida Forest Service | DEADMAN'S CURVE 2 (62) |
| 11 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 62-05-0179 SEA OAKS LANE |
| 11 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dekle Beach in 2 storm reports between 1995 and 2008: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dekle Beach | 1 hurt, $3,000 | Thunderstorms blew down trees with one tree puncturing a roof and slightly injuring a woman. |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Dekle Beach | $75,000 | A waterspout developed just offshore of Dekle Beach and came ashore as an EF0 tornado. The tornado, which lasted a few minutes, caused major roof damage to three homes. Several other homes sustained minor damage to porches, screens and windows from wind-borne debris. The damage path included Dekle Beach, Palmetto and Mexico Roads. Power was knocked out at Dekle Beach. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keaton Beach | 2.1 miles | 10 | |
| Fish Creek | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Howell Place | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Carbur | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| Salem | 11.2 miles | 10 | |
| Dallus Creek Landing | 11.3 miles | 11 | |
| Athena | 11.6 miles | 10 | |
| Pinland | 12.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 281470. 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.