BlockSaint George Island, Florida
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Apalachicola census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32328. It stands on Saint George Island. The Survey maps it on the Apalachicola quadrangle. 990 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Then and now
1943 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 45 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
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1943 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:24000
- 1944 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Carrabelle quadrangle1:100000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Saint George Island between 2006 and 2018, burning about 82 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | EAST HOLE (19) |
| 4 July 2006 | Fireworks | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (19) BR-549 |
| 8 April 2017 | Debris and open burning | 68 acres | Florida Forest Service | EAST PINE STREET (19) *NOV |
| 28 April 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 acres | Florida Forest Service | BLOODY BLUFF RD (19) -0410 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastpoint | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Magnolia Bluffs | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Apalachicola | 7.2 miles | 17 | |
| Green Point | 7.3 miles | 17 | |
| Two Mile | 7.8 miles | 16 | |
| Franklin | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bay City | 10.1 miles | 16 | |
| Creels | 11.4 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Saint George Island | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1412667 | 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 2563923. 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.