BlockLive Oak Island, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Wakulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32327. It stands on Walker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Spring Creek quadrangle.
Then and now
1940 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1940 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.
- 1940 USGS Arran quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Arran quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Spring Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Live Oak Island between 1992 and 2020, burning about 257 acres in total. 10 started naturally. None was 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2014 | Natural | 1.3 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | PURIFY BAY FIRE |
| 15 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | QUAIL FIRE |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | 1.4 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | HOLDINGPEN |
| 4 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | SPALDING FIRE |
| 4 July 1998 | Natural | 90 acres | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | SHELLPOINT |
| 4 July 1998 | Natural | 50 acres | National Forests in Florida | SHELL |
| 26 June 2008 | Natural | under an acre | St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge | SHELL POINT |
| 22 June 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | OCEANVIEW-(65)-0374 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Live Oak Island in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2012 | Heavy Rain | Live Oak Island | - | A 24 hour total of 3.85 inches was measured by FL-WK-2. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Creek | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Wakulla Beach | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Skipper | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Medart | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Panacea | 6.1 miles | 14 | |
| Tully | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Port Leon | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Panacea Park | 6.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 305973. 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.