BlockFort Basinger, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sebring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33857. The Survey maps it on the Fort Basinger quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 35 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 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.
- 1953 USGS Fort Basinger quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Arcadia quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
100 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 100 fires within 5 miles of Fort Basinger between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,899 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 7 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 | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Natural | 40 acres | Florida Forest Service | PINE HAMMOCK (47) |
| 21 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (HI) 721 FIRE (703) |
| 20 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | OK-FIRE-1162- |
| 5 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Florida Forest Service | MICCO BLUFF (47) |
| 26 August 1993 | Natural | 4.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DOUGHERTY (28) |
| 21 August 2000 | Natural | 5.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwell | 2.4 miles | 13 | |
| Plains | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Wild Island | 7.8 miles | 13 | |
| Brighton | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Marland | 9.9 miles | 13 | |
| Sunvale | 11.7 miles | 14 | |
| Lorida | 11.8 miles | 14 | |
| Highlands Park Estates | 14.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295288. 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.