BlockShell Bluff, Florida
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Bunnell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32110. It stands on Salt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dinner Island quadrangle.
Then and now
1937 to 1981The 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.
Compare 1937 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1937 USGS Dinner Island quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Dinner Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Dinner Island quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Daytona Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Dinner Island quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Saint Augustine quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
140 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 140 fires within 5 miles of Shell Bluff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,072 acres in total. 98 started naturally. 6 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 | 98 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 1999 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | AVACADO (18) |
| 5 September 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF-18-SHELL BLUFF |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | 2 STORY GRADE (18) |
| 6 August 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2010 | Natural | 10 acres | Florida Forest Service | WF- 18 JOHN CAMPBELL #2 |
| 31 August 2004 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | 100 WEST WF |
| 30 August 2004 | Natural | 24 acres | Florida Forest Service | HUNTING CAMP WF |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andalusia | 0.6 miles | 10 | |
| Myrtle Island | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Saint Johns Park | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Bimini | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Roy | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Neoga | 8.4 miles | 14 | |
| Espanola | 9.7 miles | 14 | |
| Black Point | 10.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 294923. 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.