BlockMuse, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Southwest Glades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33935. The Survey maps it on the La Belle quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 31 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
7 surveys from 12 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 West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS La Belle quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
338 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 338 fires within 5 miles of Muse between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,701 acres in total. 111 started naturally. 20 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 | 111 |
| Debris and open burning | 59 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1994 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 August 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | KIRBY THOMPSON POWER POLE (22) |
| 7 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (GL) ASH FIRE (564) |
| 5 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2000 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | (GL) ASH (1120) |
| 24 August 1993 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ortona | 9.6 miles | 11 | |
| Hall City | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Goodno | 10.6 miles | 11 | |
| Harrisburg | 11.8 miles | 12 | |
| Palmdale | 12.5 miles | 12 | |
| Fort Centre | 19.8 miles | 12 | |
| Washington Park | 21.2 miles | 11 | |
| Moore Haven | 21.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295469. 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.