BlockForest Island Park, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Bonita Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33908. The Survey maps it on the Estero quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 31 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 15 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.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Estero quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Naples quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
153 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Forest Island Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,448 acres in total. 40 started naturally. 20 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 | 40 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2007 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | 36/CROSS ROAD FIRE |
| 15 September 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 1997 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CORRECTION (36) |
| 4 August 2011 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | BAY PRESERVE (36) |
| 2 August 1997 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 1998 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 August 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Forest Island Park: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estero Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biggar | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| San Carlos Park | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Cypress Lake | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Three Oaks | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Harlem Heights | 3.9 miles | 15 | |
| Villas | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Aspen Indian Creek Park | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Miromar Lakes | 4.4 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122541148 | 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 1867141. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.