BlockLake View Point, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Quincy census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32351. It stands on Ocklawaha Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Talquin quadrangle.
Then and now
1943 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1943 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1943 USGS Lake Talquin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Lake Talquin quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Lake View Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,258 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 13 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 | 34 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | ONE TON |
| 4 September 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | not named |
| 24 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (20) TRACTOR FIRE |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (37) HITCHING POST FIRE |
| 18 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (20) WETUMPKA VFD ASSIST |
| 16 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | National Forests in Florida | DIRTY TRUCK |
| 11 September 2019 | Natural | 2,246 acres | National Forests in Florida | 344-D |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Lake View Point: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C.W. Roberts Contracting, Inc. - Gadsden Mine | Sand | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ebenezer | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Wetumpka | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lochiocha (historical) | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Midway | 9.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sawdust | 9.5 miles | 14 | |
| Ohathlockhouchy (historical) | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Santa Clara | 11.2 miles | 13 | |
| Quincy | 11.3 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305924. 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.