BlockFlorida Hills, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Umatilla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32736. The Survey maps it on the Pine Lakes quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 24 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
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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Pine Lakes quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
263 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 263 fires within 5 miles of Florida Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,643 acres in total. 106 started naturally. 26 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 106 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | TOMAHAWK TRAIL (35) |
| 5 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | FERNANDEZ 14 |
| 4 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 35/BEAR LAKE FIRE/1050 |
| 20 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 16 September 2013 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | CULVERT (35) |
| 16 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2007 | Natural | 3.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 35/BOTANY FIRE/1075 |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (35) CUMMER |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Hills | 0.4 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Lakes | 0.5 miles | 13 | |
| South Pine Lakes | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Mack Park | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Forest Hills | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Cassia | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Fullerville | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Crows Bluff | 4.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305680. 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.