BlockEl Destinado, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Northeast Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32312. The Survey maps it on the Lake Jackson quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1999The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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 Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lake Jackson quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Lake Jackson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Lake Jackson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of El Destinado between 1992 and 2018, burning about 227 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GARDNER LANDING (37) |
| 6 July 2006 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (37) MILLERS LANDING FIRE |
| 3 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 May 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 May 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (37) OXBOTTOM FIRE |
| 22 April 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (37) MAYLOR RD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Macon | 0.8 miles | 19 | |
| Bridle Path Acres | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Knoll Estates | 1.4 miles | 13 | |
| Bellwood Estates | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Peter | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Zion Hill | 3.0 miles | 19 | |
| Harbinwood Estates | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Perkins | 4.6 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122592077 | 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 295259. 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.