BlockLessie, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Callahan-Hilliard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32046. The Survey maps it on the Hilliard NE quadrangle.
Then and now
1917 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 71 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
9 surveys from 17 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.
- 1917 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Hilliard quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Hilliard NE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
78 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Lessie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 482 acres in total. 17 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 | 18 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 45 MUSIC RD 2007-07-0473 |
| 7 July 1992 | Natural | 75 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | COOPERS NECK ROAD (45) |
| 18 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WINGATE (45) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lessie in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lessie | $200 | A tree was blown down. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lessie | - | A power line was blown down across County Road 108. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lessie | - | A tree was blown down off of Foxhaven Drive. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lessie | - | Thunderstorm wind blew down 3 to 4 small trees about six inches in diameter on the White Oak Plantation property. Dime size hail was also reported. |
| February 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lessie | - | Several good sized trees were broken in half two miles east of Middle Road along Highway 108. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lessie | - | A large tree was blown down near the intersection of County Road 108 and Lessie Road. Power lines were also blown down in the area. |
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.
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 Lessie | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6531676 | 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 294835. 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.