BlockKern, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the West Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32321. The Survey maps it on the Wilma quadrangle.
Then and now
1946 to 1990The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1946 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1946 USGS Wilma quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Wilma quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Wilma quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
64 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Kern between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,108 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 11 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | MINI MARK III |
| 24 September 2001 | Natural | 235 acres | National Forests in Florida | BRIDGE |
| 28 August 1993 | Natural | 4.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | not named |
| 26 August 2018 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | WHITEHEAD SWAMP |
| 24 August 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | TRANSFORMER FIRE |
| 13 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | WILMA |
| 13 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | CYPRESS |
| 12 August 1998 | Natural | 30 acres | National Forests in Florida | ROWLETTS CREEK |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bon Ami | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Wilma | 2.1 miles | 13 | |
| Central City | 5.2 miles | 13 | |
| Escambia (historical) | 6.4 miles | 15 | |
| Lewis | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| White Oak Landing | 6.9 miles | 15 | |
| Orange | 7.0 miles | 15 | |
| Sumatra | 7.6 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305903. 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.