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Rock Bluff, Florida

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the West Liberty census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32321. The Survey maps it on the Rock Bluff quadrangle.

Rock Bluff within Liberty County

Then and now

1954 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 34 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rock Bluff, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Rock Bluff, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

24 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Rock Bluff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 118 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
3 July 2020Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceTORREYA STATE PARK ROAD (39)
4 June 2007Other causes3.0 acresFlorida Forest Service(20) ASPALAGA RD FIRE
8 May 1997Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
5 May 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWHITTLE ROAD FIRE (39)
25 May 1992Natural5.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
23 May 2007Natural4.0 acresFlorida Forest Service07/DAWSON-0619
22 May 1992Railroad operations and maintenance15 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
21 May 2015Debris and open burning4.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceWHITTLE ROAD #2 (39)

Every fire recorded in Liberty County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rock Bluff: 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Liberty County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rock Bluff in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2016: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2008LightningRock Bluff1 killedA young girl was struck and killed by lightning while sitting at a campsite picnic table at Torreya State Park.
January 2016Thunderstorm WindRock Bluff-A tree was blown down in the Rock Bluff area.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindRock Bluff-A tree was blown down on Highway 12.
May 2012HailRock Bluff-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Liberty County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Sweetwater4.0 miles12
Bristol8.4 miles13
White Springs8.5 miles13
Lowry10.9 miles13
Hosford12.4 miles13
Woods14.0 miles14
Telogia14.2 miles13
Conners Ford15.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294908. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.