Lansing, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Arcadia West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34266. It stands on McBride Branch. The Survey maps it on the Limestone quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 32 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
6 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.
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Limestone quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1978 USGS Arcadia quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Lansing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,818 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 6 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 | 61 |
| Debris and open burning | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FEEDBAG (14) |
| 19 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 14-BULLDOG FIRE-0448 |
| 15 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 14-WINDY PINE FIRE-0439 |
| 30 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 August 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Natural | 80 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lansing in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | $100,000 | The DeSoto County Sheriff's Office reported numerous powerlines down in Arcadia along with moderate roof damage to 3 homes and minor damage to 17 homes. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lansing | $5,000 | Several trees were downed along Northwest Coker Street. Also, a large heavy brick was pushed several feet into a swimming pool, lawn furniture was destroyed, and an umbrella was snapped and blown away. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium (historical) | 1.3 miles | 13 | |
| Cubitis | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Arcadia | 3.2 miles | 14 | |
| Tryon | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Brownville | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Level | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Nocatee | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Joshua | 8.9 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Lansing | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6487421 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295403. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





