BlockFelkel, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32309. The Survey maps it on the Miccosukee quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 40 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:
On record in Felkel
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bradley's Country Store Complexlisted 1984 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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 Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Miccosukee quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Miccosukee quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Miccosukee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Felkel between 1992 and 2018, burning about 302 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (37) UNPAVED RD FIRE |
| 9 June 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MOCCASIN HILL (37) |
| 4 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | (37) PROCTOR ROAD FIRE |
| 23 May 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 23 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (37) TS GREEN AND 59 |
| 18 May 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 6.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miccosukee | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Centerville | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Peck | 4.2 miles | 12 | |
| Concord | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Iamonia | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bradfordville | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Baum | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Black Creek | 6.3 miles | 12 |
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 Felkel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5442425 | 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 294763. 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.