BlockFort Mason, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Eustis census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32726. The Survey maps it on the Umatilla 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 14 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
- 1965 USGS Umatilla quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
149 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 149 fires within 5 miles of Fort Mason between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,683 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 36 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | TERRELL LN FIRE (35) |
| 21 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MILLS ST (35) |
| 19 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | GRAND ISLAND SHORES (35) |
| 4 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1993 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2002 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2014 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | WEDGEWOOD GROVE (35) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dona Vista | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Grand Island | 1.5 miles | 14 | |
| Eustis | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Harbor Shores | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Mid Florida Lakes | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Mount Homer | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Umatilla | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Dalhousie Acres | 4.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305696. 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.