BlockDismal Key, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Everglades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34114. It lies near Foster Key. The Survey maps it on the Royal Palm Hammock quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 32 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 9 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 Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Royal Palm Hammock quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Everglades City quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Dismal Key between 1998 and 2007, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 May 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge | MULLETHEAD |
| 13 April 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Big Cypress National Preserve | WET WIND MILL |
| 24 February 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge | TTI01 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fakahatchee | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Goodland | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Grocery Place | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Old Grove | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Weavers Station | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Royal Palm Hammock | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Caxambas | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Everglades City | 9.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294347. 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.