BlockFort Centre, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Southwest Glades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33471. The Survey maps it on the Lakeport 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
7 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.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Fort Centre between 1993 and 2020, burning about 60,692 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 27 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 1993 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 June 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 120 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 June 2011 | Natural | 45 acres | Florida Forest Service | COW BONE MARSH (22) |
| 17 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Seminole Tribe | STUMPFIRE |
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 Fort Centre: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Beach County Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeport | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Monkey Box | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Sarasota Colony | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Palmdale | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Harrisburg | 8.4 miles | 12 | |
| Washington Park | 8.5 miles | 11 | |
| Moore Haven | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hall City | 10.2 miles | 12 |
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 Q122544908 | 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 295290. 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.