BlockLokosee, Florida
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the South and East Osceola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34972. The Survey maps it on the Kenansville SW quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 35 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
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS Kenansville SW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Vero Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Vero Beach quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Fort Pierce quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Lokosee between 1992 and 2019, burning about 4,087 acres in total. 31 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (OK) ROLLINS1 (1275) |
| 30 August 2000 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 1999 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2018 | Natural | 120 acres | Florida Forest Service | INDIAN MOUND (49) |
| 3 July 2006 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | ROGERS (06) |
| 25 July 2006 | Natural | 70 acres | Florida Forest Service | (IR) BOOMERANG FIRE (1176) |
| 23 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | TRAILER TRASH |
| 13 July 2003 | Natural | 11 acres | Florida Forest Service | MILLS SOUTH FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lokosee in 1 storm report in 2024: 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2024 | Tornado (EFU) | Lokosee | - | The tornado has been confirmed using a combination of dual polarimetric data from the KMLB WSR-88D as well as photographic evidence from a local storm spotter. The circulation, which initially touched down in Indian River County just to the west of Blue Cypress Lake, moved into rural Osceola County where it appears to have briefly intensified before dissipating near US Highway 441. A rating for this tornado is unable to be provided given limited access to the area. Aside from downed trees, the tornado produced no known property damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yeehaw Junction | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Kenansville | 9.3 miles | 14 | |
| Whittier | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lake Marian Highlands | 10.8 miles | 16 | |
| Deer Park | 23.2 miles | 12 | |
| Holopaw | 27.6 miles | 9 | |
| Harmony | 32.4 miles | 13 | |
| South Port | 35.3 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594401 | 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 294838. 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.