BlockSaint Joe Beach, Florida
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Port St. Joe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32456. The Survey maps it on the Overstreet quadrangle.
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
10 surveys from 15 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 Overstreet quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1943 USGS Overstreet quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 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 Port Saint Joe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Overstreet quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Apalachicola quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
74 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Saint Joe Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,055 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 3 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 | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 23-HIGHLAND VIEW 2005-02-0548 |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Natural | 11 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 1997 | Natural | 61 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2016 | Natural | 30 acres | Florida Forest Service | TELEPHONE LINE RD (23) |
| 9 August 1993 | Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beacon Hill | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| Highland View | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Milltown | 5.9 miles | 16 | |
| Overstreet | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Port Saint Joe | 7.0 miles | 16 | |
| White City | 7.6 miles | 14 | |
| Oak Grove | 8.4 miles | 16 | |
| Ward Ridge | 8.8 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.
| Wikidata item Q122572107 | 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 300147. 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.