BlockHooper, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Inverness census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34436. The Survey maps it on the Nobleton quadrangle.
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
7 surveys from 14 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 Nobleton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Tarpon Springs quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Plant City quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
138 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Hooper between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,625 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60/HAY BALE FIRE 0629 |
| 13 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 60/PLANTATION FIRE 0592 |
| 1 August 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DIRT BIKE (09) |
| 29 July 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pineola | 1.3 miles | 14 | |
| Jumeau | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Floral City | 5.7 miles | 14 | |
| Catawba | 5.9 miles | 15 | |
| Landrum | 8.5 miles | 25 | |
| Inverness | 11.9 miles | 24 | |
| Big Hammock (historical) | 13.1 miles | 25 | |
| Sugarmill Woods | 13.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 301085. 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.