BlockRosewood, Florida
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Cedar Key-Yankeetown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32625. The Survey maps it on the Sumner quadrangle.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 24 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 11 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 Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Sumner quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Ocala quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
221 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Rosewood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,147 acres in total. 99 started naturally. 8 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 | 99 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 32 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1994 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | BANKS PALMETTO ROOT38) |
| 4 September 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1992 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CR 345 AMMO(38) |
| 29 September 2005 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | LEVY - TEN FIVE ONE ONE FIRE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sumner | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Wakasassa (historical) | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cedar Key | 8.8 miles | 12 | |
| Ellzey | 8.9 miles | 10 | |
| Beech Creek (historical) | 9.0 miles | 12 | |
| Otter Creek | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Gulf Hammock | 10.7 miles | 10 | |
| Vista | 11.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295588. 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.