BlockPoint O'Rocks, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Sarasota census division. It lies in ZIP code area 34242. It lies near Siesta Key. The Survey maps it on the Bird Keys quadrangle.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The 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.
On record in Point O'Rocks
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.
Sanderling Beach Clublisted 1994 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1944 USGS Bird Keys quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Bird Keys quadrangle1:31680
- 1956 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Tampa quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Bird Keys quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Sarasota quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS St Petersburg quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
18 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Point O'Rocks between 1992 and 2019, burning about 71 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 June 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 June 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | SAWYER RD. (58) |
| 1 June 1994 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 April 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | POTTER PARK DR (58) |
| 28 March 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | VAMO (58) |
| 26 March 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 58-EDWARDS ISLAND FIRE-0172 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Beach | 0.6 miles | 12 | |
| Gulf Gate Estates | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Vamo | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| South Sarasota | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bailey Hall | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Ridge Wood Heights | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Palmer Ranch | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| South Gate Ridge | 3.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 289127. 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.