BlockHamaste, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Wacissa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32344. It lies near Tooles Hammock. The Survey maps it on the Wacissa quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 25 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
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Wacissa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Hamaste (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 200 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 950 |
| 25 August 1999 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | JERKINS MAINLINE (33) |
| 3 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 17 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 acres | Florida Forest Service | O'NEAL TRAM (33) |
| 16 July 2018 | Natural | 4.3 acres | Florida Forest Service | GOOSE PASTURE (33) |
| 21 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | GRADE 18 (33) |
| 18 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | FANLEW (33) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Luis Apalache (historical) | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Willanocha (historical) | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Fanlew | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Wacissa (historical) | 5.1 miles | 9 | |
| Limestone | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Thomas City | 6.2 miles | 9 | |
| Wacissa | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Cody | 7.2 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294539. 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.