BlockKings Bay, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Kendall-Palmetto Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33158. It lies near Chicken Key. The Survey maps it on the South Miami quadrangle.
Then and now
1950 to 1994The 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 1950 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1950 USGS South Miami quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS South Miami quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1988 USGS South Miami quadrangle1:24000
- 1994 USGS South Miami quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
76 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of Kings Bay between 1992 and 2020, burning about 627 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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 | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | LAKE BY THE BAY (13) |
| 30 July 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 July 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | FIRST ( 13) |
| 13 July 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 July 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kings Bay: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kendall Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Perrine Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deering Bay | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Gables by the Sea | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Cutler | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Palmetto Bay | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Suniland | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Howard | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Pinecrest | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Rockdale | 2.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 285118. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.