BlockHomestead Ridge, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32309. The Survey maps it on the Miccosukee quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 40 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Miccosukee quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Miccosukee quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Miccosukee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Homestead Ridge between 1992 and 2018, burning about 177 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | HOOT OWL LOOP (37) |
| 14 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 June 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | (37) CHAIRES CROSS RD FIRE |
| 25 May 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 May 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (37) BAUM AND TURKEY FIRE |
| 19 May 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardner | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Black Creek | 1.8 miles | 12 | |
| Baum | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Wadesboro | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Peck | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Capitola | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Chaires | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Centerville | 4.9 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295356. 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.