BlockSears, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the LaBelle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 33935. The Survey maps it on the Sears quadrangle.
Then and now
1956 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 31 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
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Sears quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fort Myers quadrangle1:100000
- 1987 USGS West Palm Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
102 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Sears between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,789 acres in total. 30 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 | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 1992 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 July 2006 | Natural | 20 acres | Florida Forest Service | 26/B ROAD FIRE |
| 26 July 2004 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 2004-17-0442 |
| 18 July 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | EUCALYPTUS 2 (26) |
| 18 July 2012 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | SEARS (26) |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keri | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Port LaBelle | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Felda | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| LaBelle | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Denaud | 9.7 miles | 13 | |
| Whidden Corner | 17.2 miles | 11 | |
| Harlem | 23.4 miles | 11 | |
| Sugarton | 23.5 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294920. 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.