BlockFanlew, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wacissa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32344. The Survey maps it on the Cody quadrangle. It stands 30 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 34 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
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.
- 1954 USGS Cody quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1981 USGS Cody quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Fanlew between 1992 and 2020, burning about 366 acres in total. 14 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 | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 950 |
| 25 August 1999 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | 59 |
| 31 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (65) WHISKEY CAMP FIRE |
| 21 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2000 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hamaste (historical) | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| San Luis Apalache (historical) | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Limestone | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Willanocha (historical) | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Cody | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Wacissa | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Wacissa (historical) | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Thomas City | 7.3 miles | 9 |
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 Fanlew | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5433903 | 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 295272. 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.