BlockRolling Meadows, Florida
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Lake City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32024. The Survey maps it on the Lake City 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 8 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
- 1963 USGS Lake City West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
396 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 396 fires within 5 miles of Rolling Meadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,289 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 12 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 | 125 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 112 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CR 242A(12) |
| 29 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 12-THE JOSH FIRE-1198/NOV |
| 28 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MARION AVE (12) |
| 24 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CLIFTON JAMES GLEN (12) |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | MT CARMEL (12) |
| 20 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 12-ROMAN CANDLE FIRE-1167 |
| 14 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bass | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Miltons Campground Number 1 | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Halpata (historical) | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Lake City | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Columbia | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lacymark | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Watertown | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Five Points | 5.6 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2553823. 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.