BlockPouchers Corner, Florida
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the McAlpin-Wellborn census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32094. The Survey maps it on the White Springs West quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 27 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.
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS White Springs West quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
256 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Pouchers Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,212 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 7 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 | 81 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 42 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Natural | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 100TH WAY (24-06) |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 74TH TRACE (61) |
| 18 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | WOODPECKER (24-06) |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 04-61-NOV-ROADSIDE FIRE-1290 |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 9 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 61-MATTRESS FIRE-0962 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pouchers Corner: 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Springs Phos-Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant |
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.
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 Q122557958 | 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 294895. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.