BlockHolden Heights, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Orlando census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32839. The Survey maps it on the Lake Jessamine quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1953 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1953 USGS Lake Jessamine quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Kissimmee quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
62 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Holden Heights between 1992 and 2017, burning about 7,708 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 12 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 | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.8 acres | Florida Forest Service | PLAYGROUND (4) |
| 31 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 1999 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 July 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | OFFICE (48) |
| 26 July 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SHORT REIGN (4) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgewood | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Castle | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Ridge | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Sky Lake | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Orlando | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Belle Isle | 3.0 miles | 13 | |
| Conway | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Nela Isle Annex (historical) | 3.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867155. 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.