BlockMorgan Place, Florida
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Carrabelle census division. The Survey maps it on the Owens Bridge quadrangle.
Then and now
1946 to 1990The same ground, surveyed 44 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
8 surveys from 14 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.
- 1946 USGS Owens Bridge quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Owens Bridge quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1979 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1990 USGS Owens Bridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Morgan Place between 1992 and 2018, burning about 481 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 4 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 | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2006 | Natural | 25 acres | Florida Forest Service | (19) NORTH BOUNDARY 2 FIRE |
| 13 August 2011 | Natural | 1.2 acres | National Forests in Florida | BK |
| 13 August 2007 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | (19) GULLEY BRANCH SOUTH FIRE |
| 9 June 2011 | Natural | 50 acres | Florida Forest Service | JUNIPER CREEK (39) |
| 30 June 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 June 1998 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests in Florida | GULLY BRANCH |
| 29 June 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | National Forests in Florida | OLD TOWER |
| 23 June 1998 | Natural | 64 acres | National Forests in Florida | THOUSAND YARD BAY |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Log | 8.7 miles | 20 | |
| Yent Place | 10.5 miles | 20 | |
| Big Blackjack Landing | 11.2 miles | 20 | |
| Carrabelle | 11.8 miles | 20 | |
| Lanark Village | 12.2 miles | 20 | |
| McIntyre | 12.3 miles | 20 | |
| Carrabelle Beach | 12.8 miles | 20 | |
| Carrabelle Lighthouse | 12.9 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 306060. 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.