BlockGrayvik, Florida
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Upper Keys census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33037. It stands on Dispatch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Card Sound quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1949 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1949 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1949 USGS Card Sound quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Card Sound quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Homestead quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Card Sound quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Card Sound quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Grayvik between 2004 and 2006, burning about 21 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July 2004 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | CROCK FIRE |
| 28 November 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Everglades National Park | 187/136 DOF |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamite Docks | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| North Key Largo | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Carysfort Yacht Harbor | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Jewfish | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Garden Cove | 10.8 miles | 14 | |
| Anglers Park | 13.5 miles | 13 | |
| Newport | 16.6 miles | 15 | |
| Key Largo Park | 16.6 miles | 15 |
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 Q5598448 | 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 283358. 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.