BlockFlamingo, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Orlando census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32824. The Survey maps it on the Pine Castle quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1953 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1953 USGS Pine Castle quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Kissimmee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
122 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Flamingo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,059 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 24 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 1998 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Woods | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| Southchase | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Hunters Creek | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Taft | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Williamsburg | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Morningside Park | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Sky Lake | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Belle Isle | 5.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295280. 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.