BlockFestus, Florida
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Monticello census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32344. It lies near Pine Island. The Survey maps it on the Lake Miccosukee quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 27 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 7 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 Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lake Miccosukee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Festus between 1992 and 2018, burning about 297 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 June 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MOCCASIN HILL (37) |
| 3 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | MAGNOLIA (37) |
| 27 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (37) CHERRY HILLS FARM FIRE |
| 27 May 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | COCROFT ROAD FIRE |
| 25 May 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | OLD FIELDS PLANTATION (33) |
| 24 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.1 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 May 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (37) TS GREEN AND 59 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Festus in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Festus | $50,000 | Straight line winds downed numerous trees and power lines and damaged a home from Lake Miccosukee north to Lake Road. The damage swath was four miles long and a half mile wide. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Festus | - | Lake Road, Norias Road, and Doris Lane were all flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mikasuki (historical) | 2.3 miles | 8 | |
| Jarrett | 2.4 miles | 7 | |
| Alma | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Fincher | 4.0 miles | 8 | |
| Montivilla | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Lois | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Monticello | 6.5 miles | 7 | |
| Casa Blanco | 7.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294765. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.