BlockMart Law Seminole Village, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Everglades census division. The Survey maps it on the North of Fortymile Bend quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1995The 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 1956 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS North Of Fortymile Bend quadrangle1:24000
- 1973 USGS North of Fortymile Bend quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Miami quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS North Of Fortymile Bend quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Mart Law Seminole Village between 1992 and 2019, burning about 244 acres in total. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 August 2012 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | OIL PAD |
| 9 June 2006 | Natural | 12 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | JET PORT |
| 2 June 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | BUTTERFLY WF |
| 16 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | ROCK 2 |
| 16 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Big Cypress National Preserve | MIDDLE ROCK |
| 16 June 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | ROCK 1 |
| 24 May 2015 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | BUGGY |
| 21 May 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Big Cypress National Preserve | JETPORT2N |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox Tommies Old Place | 7.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fortymile Bend | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Frog City | 17.2 miles | 9 | |
| Coopertown | 18.6 miles | 9 | |
| Pops Hammock Seminole Village | 18.7 miles | 10 | |
| Tenmile Corner | 22.8 miles | 9 | |
| Pennsuco | 23.6 miles | 15 | |
| Tamiami | 25.7 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 286464. 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.