BlockSan Blas, Florida
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Mexico Beach census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32403. The Survey maps it on the Long Point quadrangle.
Then and now
1944 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 44 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
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1944 USGS Long Point quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Long Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Panama City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Long Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of San Blas between 1993 and 2019, burning about 214 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | REDFISH POINT (03) |
| 5 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 530 |
| 24 July 2000 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 25 June 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 03/TYNDAL AFB2-0746 |
| 25 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 22 June 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SOUTH TYNDALL (03) |
| 22 June 2015 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | N TYNDALL (03) |
| 22 June 2014 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | AMMO RD (03) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Point | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Beacon Beach | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Cromanton | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Parker | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Bay Harbor | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Old Callaway | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Springfield | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Cove | 4.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 290471. 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.