BlockMeridian, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Northeast Leon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32312. The Survey maps it on the Calvary quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
On record in Meridian
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Bannerman Plantationlisted 2002 · 0.7 miles away
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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Calvary quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Calvary quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
79 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 79 fires within 5 miles of Meridian between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,042 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 | 30 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | JULIA MAE CT (37) |
| 18 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 1993 | Natural | 160 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 27 July 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (37) MERIDIAN ROAD TREE FIRE |
| 26 July 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2000 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-GRADY-005 |
| 13 July 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (37) LAKE IAMONIA INCIDENT |
| 6 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | FISH POND (37)-0428 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocklockonee (historical) | 2.2 miles | 11 | |
| Blocker | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bradfordville | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Iamonia | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Centerville | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Knoll Estates | 8.0 miles | 13 | |
| Lake Jackson | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Bridle Path Acres | 9.0 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 286723. 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.