BlockLongdale, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Casselberry-Altamonte Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32750. The Survey maps it on the Casselberry quadrangle.
Then and now
1955 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1955 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1955 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Casselberry quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Orlando quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Casselberry quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
65 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Longdale between 1992 and 2019, burning about 382 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 July 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 28 July 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Longdale: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Construction Co. - S.R. 427 Mine | Sand | Producer | ||
| White Construction Company, Inc. - Fdot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Longwood | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Winter Springs | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Casselberry | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Midway Park | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Lake View | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Evansdale | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Wagner | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Elder Springs | 3.0 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 286086. 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.