BlockEllis Church, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Malone census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32445. It stands on Gum Slough. The Survey maps it on the Malone quadrangle.
Then and now
1952 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 36 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1952 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1952 USGS Malone quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Marianna quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Malone quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
57 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Ellis Church between 1992 and 2019, burning about 379 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 32/SELLERS ROAD-0544 |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 32/SELLERS ROAD #2-0547 |
| 18 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 18195 COTTONWOOD RD, AL |
| 7 July 2017 | Natural | 105 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170707-1 |
| 5 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | PLAINVIEW (32) |
| 3 July 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 July 2006 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 32/LOGAN LOOP-0819 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ellis Church: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.W. Roberst Contrating, Inc. - W. Dennis Creamer Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| White Construction Company, Inc. - Montegomer Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Oktahatko (historical) | 2.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sills | 2.7 miles | 14 | |
| Malone | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bascom | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ellaville | 7.3 miles | 14 | |
| Greenwood | 7.7 miles | 14 | |
| Waddells Mill | 8.0 miles | 14 |
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 Q122559260 | 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 300054. 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.