BlockLukens, Florida
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Cedar Key-Yankeetown census division. The Survey maps it on the Cedar Key quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 24 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
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Cedar Keys quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Lukens between 1997 and 2016, burning about 32 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 June 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge | SHELL MOUND BUG FIRE |
| 3 April 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge | SEAHORSE |
| 18 April 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge | LONG CABBAGE ISLAND FIRE |
| 3 March 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge | BLACKPOINT |
| 17 March 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 17 acres | Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge | BUCK ISLAND FIRE |
| 12 November 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 9.0 acres | Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge | FOUR EAGLES |
| 10 January 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge | SHELL MOUND |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Key | 6.2 miles | 12 | |
| Wakasassa (historical) | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Sumner | 9.1 miles | 11 | |
| Beech Creek (historical) | 11.1 miles | 12 | |
| Rosewood | 11.4 miles | 11 | |
| Vista | 13.9 miles | 12 | |
| Fowlers Bluff | 15.7 miles | 12 | |
| Ellzey | 20.1 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 298049. 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.