Fort Drum, Florida

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the North Okeechobee census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34972. It lies near Arch Island. The Survey maps it on the Fort Drum quadrangle.

Fort Drum within Okeechobee County

Then and now

1953 to 1988

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Fort Drum, surveyed 1988

Topographic sheet of Fort Drum, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched 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 Drum quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1981 USGS Vero Beach quadrangle1:100000
1985 USGS Vero Beach quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

233 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Fort Drum between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,257 acres in total. 72 started naturally. 6 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	72
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	40
Debris and open burning	37
Equipment and vehicle use	33
Railroad operations and maintenance	26
Power generation/transmission/distribution	13
Arson/incendiarism	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Fireworks	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
9 September 2015	Power generation/transmission/distribution	2.0 acres	Florida Forest Service	NORTH TELEPHONE POLE (47)
8 September 2020	Natural	4.4 acres	Florida Forest Service	FIELD (47)
7 September 2007	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	(OK) HILO ROAD (1161)
6 September 1999	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	not named
30 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	(OK) BREAKOUT FIRE (1511)
28 September 2006	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	(OK) HAMMOCK (1501)
27 September 2006	Natural	3.5 acres	Florida Forest Service	(OK) BLOW DOWN (1497)
26 September 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	90 acres	Florida Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Okeechobee County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Osowaw Junction	3.9 miles	14
Hilolo	5.7 miles	13
Eagle Island	6.1 miles	13
Basinger	14.1 miles	13
Dixie Ranch Acres	15.0 miles	13
Whispering Pines	17.3 miles	14
Basswood Estates	17.4 miles	14
Mildred	18.1 miles	13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294775. 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.