BlockMcColskey, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 2005. It stands in the Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32055. The Survey maps it on the Lake City East quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 2005The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1954 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Lake City East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2005 USGS Lake City East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
305 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 305 fires within 5 miles of McColskey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,708 acres in total. 79 started naturally. 19 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 | 79 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 57 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | VENT |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARION AVE (12) |
| 25 September 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | STILL |
| 23 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2014 | Natural | 42 acres | National Forests in Florida | LONGLEAF |
| 6 August 1993 | Natural | 31 acres | National Forests in Florida | not named |
| 31 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | National Forests in Florida | STILL |
| 28 August 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.7 acres | Florida Forest Service | VOSS (12) |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilburn | 0.9 miles | 10 | |
| Navair | 1.7 miles | 10 | |
| Newco | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Watertown | 2.8 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Carrie | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Halpata (historical) | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lake City | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Five Points | 4.2 miles | 8 |
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 Q122556430 | 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 294395. 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.