BlockMercer, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Dowling Park census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32060. The Survey maps it on the Live Oak West quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 25 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
5 surveys from 9 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 Live Oak West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Perry quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
335 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 335 fires within 5 miles of Mercer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,406 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 114 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 91 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LANCASTER (61) |
| 8 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mercer in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 heavy rain, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mercer | $1,500 | Trees and power lines were down along 144th Terrace Street near Luraville. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mercer | $500 | A tree was blown down near County Road 250 and 153rd Road south of Live Oak. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown but it was estimated for the event to be included in Storm Data. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mercer | $500 | A tree and power line were blown down on 76th Street. The time of damage was based on radar. The cost of damage was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| August 2022 | Heavy Rain | Mercer | - | A public weather station along 152nd street in western Suwannee county measured 3.61 inches of rainfall. Rainfall began around 9:15 PM. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mercer | - | A tree was blown down near State Road 51 and 165th Road. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mercer | - | A tree was blown down on State Road 51. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mercer | - | Power lines were blown down on 169th Road. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mercer | - | Trees blown down west of Live Oak. |
| July 2007 | Heavy Rain | Mercer | - | A spotter recorded 3.96 inches of rainfall since 620 pm local time. Law enforcement reported that the heavy rain caused street flooding across the county. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Mercer | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295444. 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.