BlockOld Grove, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Everglades census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34114. It stands on West Palm Run. The Survey maps it on the Royal Palm Hammock quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 32 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.
- 1956 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Royal Palm Hammock quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Everglades City quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Miami quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Old Grove between 1992 and 2018, burning about 18,153 acres in total. 15 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 | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2012 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | ZONE C (11) |
| 3 July 2012 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | FENCE LINE (11) |
| 25 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Ten Thousand Islands National Wildlife Refuge | TRAILHEAD RV FIRE |
| 17 July 2011 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | BAD LUCK (11) |
| 20 June 2009 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | 11/RIDE THE LIGHTNING FIRE |
| 15 June 2001 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 10 June 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | DRY LAKE (11) |
| 8 May 1998 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Florida Panther National Wildlife Refuge | MULLETHEAD |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery Place | 0.6 miles | 9 | |
| Royal Palm Hammock | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Goodland | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Dismal Key | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Caxambas | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Marco | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Isles of Capri | 6.5 miles | 12 | |
| Old Marco Junction | 6.6 miles | 14 |
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 Q122558753 | 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 295504. 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.