BlockFoxs Corner, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1947 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Keystone-Citrus Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33556. The Survey maps it on the Citrus Park quadrangle.
Then and now
1947 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1947 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1947 USGS Citrus Park quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Citrus Park quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1998 USGS Citrus Park quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
108 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Foxs Corner between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,783 acres in total. 33 started naturally. 19 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 | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2015 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | IMPACT (29) |
| 16 September 1997 | Natural | 410 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 1993 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 1993 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 1993 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Foxs Corner: 3 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abray Constr. Co. - Lake Abray Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Andrew Lynn Co. - Big Basin Commerce Pit | Sand | Producer | ||
| Hardaway Co. - Race Track Rd. Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Larkin Contracting, Inc. - Brown Pond Excavation | Sand | Unknown | ||
| S & E Contractors, Inc. - Brown Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 300101. 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.